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Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Houma Drug, Abortifacient
Infusion of plant taken to 'make tardy menstruation come.'
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Houma Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of whole plant taken to 'correct looseness of bowels.'
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Houma Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of plant given to children for teething.
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Houma Drug, Toothache Remedy
Infusion of plant given to children for teething.
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Houma Food, Fodder
Plants used for hog feed.
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Kamia Food, Vegetable
Boiled leaves used for food as greens.
Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 24
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Pima Drug, Cathartic
Gum used as a cathartic.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 106
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Pima Drug, Other
Gum used as a cure for the opium habit.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 106
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Pima Food, Unspecified
Leaves and stems rubbed between the palms of the hands and eaten raw.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 106
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified
Leaves eaten raw and boiled.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Common Sowthistle
USDA SOOL
Yaqui Food, Vegetable
Tender, young leaves boiled in salted water with chile and eaten as greens.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 106