| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Catawba Drug, Dermatological Aid Root rubbed on the body for skin disease. Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 188 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Catawba Drug, Dermatological Aid Roots rubbed on body or decoction of roots taken for skin disease. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 9 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient with broom sedge and amaranth in green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Beaten root used as salve for sores. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Infusion taken for diabetes. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Drug, Sedative Used as a soporific. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 75 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Pounded roots strewed on water to 'intoxicate fishes.' Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 75 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used to intoxicate fish. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Cherokee Other, Soap Roots pounded, boiled and used instead of soap to wash blankets. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
| Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's Needle USDA YUFI |
Nanticoke Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of roots applied to sprains. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 56 |