| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Rubbed in brier scratches for local pains. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Used for rheumatism. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Burn Dressing Parched and powdered leaves used for 'scalds.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Powdered and beaten leaves put on 'galled places' and wilted leaves put on boils. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion taken for stomach trouble. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Orthopedic Aid Rubbed in brier scratches for muscular cramps and twitching. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Drug, Other Compound infusion of bark taken for 'bad disease.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax pseudochina L. Bamboovine USDA SMPS |
Cherokee Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Rubbed in brier scratches for local pains. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Used for rheumatism. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Burn Dressing Parched and powdered leaves used for 'scalds.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Powdered and beaten leaves put on 'galled places' and wilted leaves put on boils. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion taken for stomach trouble. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Orthopedic Aid Rubbed in brier scratches for muscular cramps and twitching. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Drug, Other Compound infusion of bark taken for 'bad disease.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Cherokee Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Kiowa Other, Protection Plant used to block the path of pursuers because of its sharp thorns and its scandent nature. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Kiowa Other, Toys & Games Plant used in an old hide and seek game. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18 |
| Smilax rotundifolia L. Roundleaf Greenbrier USDA SMRO |
Koasati Drug, Analgesic Plant splints used to scratch the back for headaches. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 8 |
| Smilax sp. Catbriar |
Cree Drug, Venereal Aid Rhizomes, rootlets and false indigo used for syphilis. Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 495 |
| Smilax sp. Catbriar |
Creek Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction of pounded root poured on ulcers, especially on the legs. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 661 |
| Smilax sp. Catbriar |
Creek Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction of pounded roots used as a wash for leg ulcers. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 7 |
| Smilax sp. Catbriar |
Rappahannock Drug, Unspecified 'An ingredient of a medicine made after diagnosis.' Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 31 |
| Smilax tamnoides L. Bristly Greenbrier USDA SMTA2 |
Chippewa Other, Malicious Magic Vine boiled with pisabik stone powder and used as malicious magic. The mischief maker sprinkled the mixture upon the bed of a couple, thereby causing them to quarrel and separate. It was thought that the prickly character of the stem was transferred to the bed and irritated the couple causing them to become ill-disposed toward each other. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 126 |
| Smilax tamnoides L. Bristly Greenbrier USDA SMTA2 |
Choctaw Drug, Tonic Decoction of stems taken as a general tonic. Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 23 |
| Smilax tamnoides L. Bristly Greenbrier USDA SMTA2 |
Iroquois Drug, Eye Medicine Poultice of bark applied to eyes to 'draw out foreign substances.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 287 |
| Smilax tamnoides L. Bristly Greenbrier USDA SMTA2 |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Plant used to make doll to be used 'to kill a woman who is using you badly.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 287 |