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Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of mashed root applied to swellings.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid
Latex used as an antiseptic and healing agent on syphilitic sores.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Shoshoni Food, Candy
Milk rolled in hand and used for gum.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 56
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of roots taken for headaches and general debility.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Milky juice from stem used as face cream.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.'
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Drug, Poison
Root poisonous in large amounts.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 513
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Drug, Tonic
Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.'
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Fiber, Clothing
Cottony seed pappus formerly used for infant diapers.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 165
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Fiber, Cordage
Inner bark used as a substitute for Indian hemp in making thread used for tying and binding.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 165
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
USDA ASSP
Thompson Other, Fasteners
Inner bark used for binding or tying.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498