| Agastache pallidiflora ssp. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Briq.) R.W. Sanders New Mexico Giant Hyssop USDA AGPAN2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cough Medicine Plant used for bad coughs. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 41 |
| Aletris farinosa L. White Colicroot USDA ALFA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Taken for coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Allium sp. Onion |
Blackfoot Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of bulbs taken for persistent coughs. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 70 |
| Alnus rubra Bong. Red Alder USDA ALRU2 |
Gitksan Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of bark and root taken in the morning for a cough. Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 55 |
| Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd. Hazel Alder USDA ALSE2 |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of bark taken for cough. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22 |
| Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) Payne Ambrosia Leaf Burr Ragweed USDA AMAM2 |
Pima Drug, Cough Medicine Poultice of warmed leaves applied to the chest to loosen a cough. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 103 |
| Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer Saskatoon Serviceberry USDA AMALA |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of roots taken for coughs. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 28 |
| Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. Western Pearlyeverlasting USDA ANMA |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Leaves and stems smoked for bronchial cough. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48 |
| Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. Western Pearlyeverlasting USDA ANMA |
Montagnais Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant taken for cough. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 314 |
| Andropogon floridanus Scribn. Florida Bluestem USDA ANFL |
Seminole Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 236 |
| Andropogon floridanus Scribn. Florida Bluestem USDA ANFL |
Seminole Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 236 |
| Andropogon floridanus Scribn. Florida Bluestem USDA ANFL |
Seminole Drug, Throat Aid Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 236 |
| Anemone virginiana L. Tall Thimbleweed USDA ANVIV2 |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion of root taken for whooping cough. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58 |
| Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. Yerba Mansa USDA ANCA10 |
Kawaiisu Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of broken roots taken for coughs. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 11 |
| Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. Yerba Mansa USDA ANCA10 |
Pima Drug, Cough Medicine Roots chewed and swallowed or decoction of roots taken for coughs. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 78 |
| Angelica breweri Gray Brewer's Angelica USDA ANBR5 |
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine Dried root chewed for sore throats or coughs. 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 34, 35 |
| Angelica breweri Gray Brewer's Angelica USDA ANBR5 |
Paiute Drug, Throat Aid Dried root chewed for sore throat and coughs. 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 34, 35 |
| Angelica breweri Gray Brewer's Angelica USDA ANBR5 |
Shoshoni Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of split root given to children for whooping cough. 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 34, 35 |
| Angelica breweri Gray Brewer's Angelica USDA ANBR5 |
Shoshoni Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of split root in whiskey given to children for whooping cough. 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 34, 35 |
| Angelica breweri Gray Brewer's Angelica USDA ANBR5 |
Washo Drug, Cough Medicine Dried root chewed for sore throats or coughs. 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 34, 35 |
| Angelica breweri Gray Brewer's Angelica USDA ANBR5 |
Washo Drug, Throat Aid Dried root chewed for sore throat or coughs. 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 34, 35 |
| Angelica dawsonii S. Wats. Dawson's Angelica USDA ANDA |
Blackfoot Drug, Antihemorrhagic Infusion of roots taken for coughing up blood. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 70 |
| Angelica sylvestris L. Woodland Angelica |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots and spikenard roots used for coughs. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 259 |
| Angelica sylvestris L. Woodland Angelica |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Root used for cough. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
| Antennaria sp. Pussy Toes |
Natchez Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots and tops taken for coughs. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 60 |
| Antennaria sp. Pussy Toes |
Natchez Drug, Cough Medicine Warm infusion of tops and roots taken for coughs. Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 668 |
| Antennaria sp. Pussy Toes |
Thompson Drug, Cough Medicine Some parts or whole plant chewed and swallowed for coughs. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 458 |
| Apocynum cannabinum L. Indianhemp USDA APCA |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Used for coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
| Apocynum cannabinum L. Indianhemp USDA APCA |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Used for whooping cough. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
| Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. Western Columbine USDA AQFO |
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of roots taken as a cough remedy. 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 37 |
| Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. Western Columbine USDA AQFO |
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine Leaves chewed for coughs. Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, page 197 |
| Arabis perennans S. Wats. Perennial Rockcress USDA ARPE2 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Anticonvulsive Plant used for hiccoughs caused by dry throat. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23 |
| Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla USDA ARNU2 |
Iroquois Drug, Cough Medicine Compound infusion of roots taken as a consumption cough medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 393 |
| Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla USDA ARNU2 |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound infusion of roots taken as a consumption cough medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 393 |
| Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla USDA ARNU2 |
Kwakiutl Drug, Cough Medicine Roasted, beaten, broken roots and grease taken for coughing. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 277 |
| Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla USDA ARNU2 |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Root used as a cough medicine. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54 |
| Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla USDA ARNU2 |
Penobscot Drug, Cough Medicine Compound infusion of powdered root taken for coughs. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310 |
| Aralia racemosa L. American Spikenard USDA ARRAR |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Taken for coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Aralia racemosa L. American Spikenard USDA ARRAR |
Chippewa Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root taken for cough. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
| Aralia racemosa L. American Spikenard USDA ARRAR |
Iroquois Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of roots taken for coughs. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 392 |
| Aralia racemosa L. American Spikenard USDA ARRAR |
Iroquois Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of roots taken for whooping cough. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 392 |
| Aralia racemosa L. American Spikenard USDA ARRAR |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots and angelica roots used for coughs. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 259 |
| Aralia racemosa L. American Spikenard USDA ARRAR |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Root used for coughs. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54, 55 |
| Arctium minus Bernh. Lesser Burrdock USDA ARMI2 |
Chippewa Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of leaves taken after a coughing spell for a hard, dry cough. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
| Arctium minus Bernh. Lesser Burrdock USDA ARMI2 |
Cowlitz Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion of roots taken for whooping cough. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 50 |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. Kinnikinnick USDA ARUV |
Cheyenne Drug, Cough Medicine Berries and other plants used for coughs. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 40 |
| Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott Jack In The Pulpit USDA ARTRT3 |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Taken for dry coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41 |
| Aristolochia serpentaria L. Virginia Snakeroot USDA ARSE3 |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Taken for coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
| Artemisia alaskana Rydb. Alaska Sagebrush USDA ARAL5 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction taken for coughs. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Artemisia arctica Less. Boreal Sagebrush USDA ARARA2 |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction taken for coughs. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |