| Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum (Brand) Jepson San Diego Yerbasanta USDA ERTRL2 |
Diegueno Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of leaves taken for coughs. Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 219 |
| Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum (Brand) Jepson San Diego Yerbasanta USDA ERTRL2 |
Diegueno Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of leaves, with or without honey, taken for coughs. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 21 |
| Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum (Brand) Jepson San Diego Yerbasanta USDA ERTRL2 |
Diegueno Food, Dried Food Leaves dried, stored indefinitely and used for colds, coughs, candy and with soap to wash hair. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 21 |
| Eriogonum alatum Torr. Winged Buckwheat USDA ERALA2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cough Medicine Cold infusion of root used for bad cough. 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 23 |
| Eriogonum latifolium Sm. Seaside Buckwheat USDA ERLA5 |
Costanoan Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root, stalk and leaves taken for coughs. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 11 |
| Eriogonum microthecum Nutt. Slender Buckwheat USDA ERMIM2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of roots and sometimes tops taken for tubercular 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 72 |
| Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum S. Wats. Naked Buckwheat USDA ERNUP2 |
Kawaiisu Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots taken for coughs. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 30 |
| Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Button Eryngo USDA ERYUY |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction used to prevent 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 27 |
| Galium circaezans Michx. Licorice Bedstraw USDA GACIC |
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 43 |
| Gaultheria shallon Pursh Salal USDA GASH |
Samish Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of leaves taken for coughs. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 43 |
| Gaultheria shallon Pursh Salal USDA GASH |
Swinomish Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of leaves taken for coughs. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 43 |
| Gentianella propinqua ssp. propinqua Fourpart Dwarfgentian USDA GEPRP |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of leaves, stems and flowers taken for coughs. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
| Geum aleppicum Jacq. Yellow Avens USDA GEAL3 |
Malecite Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of one root used by children with coughs. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 249 |
| Geum aleppicum Jacq. Yellow Avens USDA GEAL3 |
Malecite Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of one root used by children with coughs. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 249 |
| Geum aleppicum Jacq. Yellow Avens USDA GEAL3 |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Roots used for coughs and croup. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57 |
| Geum aleppicum Jacq. Yellow Avens USDA GEAL3 |
Micmac Drug, Pulmonary Aid Root used for coughs and croup. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57 |
| Geum aleppicum Jacq. Yellow Avens USDA GEAL3 |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Cough Medicine Weak decoction of root taken for cough. Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 200 |
| Geum rivale L. Purple Avens USDA GERI2 |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root taken, especially by children, for coughs. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
| Geum rivale L. Purple Avens USDA GERI2 |
Micmac Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of root taken, especially by children, for dysentery, coughs and colds. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
| Geum triflorum Pursh Prairiesmoke USDA GETRT |
Blackfoot Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of plant taken as a general tonic for severe coughs. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72 |
| Gleditsia triacanthos L. Honeylocust USDA GLTR |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Compound infusion of bark 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 43 |
| Gleditsia triacanthos L. Honeylocust USDA GLTR |
Delaware Drug, Cough Medicine Bark combined with bark of prickly ash, wild cherry and sassafras and used as a tonic for coughs. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 30 |
| Gleditsia triacanthos L. Honeylocust USDA GLTR |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Cough Medicine Compound containing bark used for a severe cough. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 25, 76 |
| Gleditsia triacanthos L. Honeylocust USDA GLTR |
Rappahannock Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots and bark used as a cough medicine. 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 |
| Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Cultivated Licorice USDA GLGL |
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 43 |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh American Licorice USDA GLLE3 |
Blackfoot Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of roots taken for coughs. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72 |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh American Licorice USDA GLLE3 |
Keres, Western Drug, Cough Medicine Roots used as cough drops by singers or talkers. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45 |
| Grindelia nana Nutt. Idaho Gumweed USDA GRNAN |
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant said to be a good cough medicine. 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 81, 82 |
| Grindelia nana Nutt. Idaho Gumweed USDA GRNAN |
Shoshoni Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant said to be a good cough medicine. 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 81, 82 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Crow Drug, Cough Medicine Taken for coughs. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 32 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Crow Drug, Pulmonary Aid Taken for whooping cough and pneumonia. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 32 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Flathead Drug, Cough Medicine Taken for coughs. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 32 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Flathead Drug, Pulmonary Aid Taken for whooping cough and pneumonia. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 32 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Gosiute Drug, Cough Medicine Roots used as a cough medicine. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 371 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant said to be a good cough medicine. 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 81, 82 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant said to be a good cough medicine. 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 81, 82 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Cough Medicine Dried buds used for coughs. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 37 |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal Curlycup Gumweed USDA GRSQS2 |
Ute Drug, Cold Remedy Used as a cough medicine. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 34 |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby Broom Snakeweed USDA GUSA2 |
Comanche Drug, Pulmonary Aid Compound containing leaves used for whooping cough. Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 522 |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby Broom Snakeweed USDA GUSA2 |
Lakota Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of plant taken for coughs. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 37 |
| Hamamelis virginiana L. American Witchhazel USDA HAVI4 |
Iroquois Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of young branches taken as medicine for coughs and colds. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 348 |
| Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. American Falsepennyroyal USDA HEPU |
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 48 |
| Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. American Falsepennyroyal USDA HEPU |
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid 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 48 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Shoshoni Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root in whiskey taken for colds 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 85, 86 |
| Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia Littlebrownjug USDA HEARA |
Rappahannock Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion of leaves taken for whooping cough. 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 25 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of plant taken for coughs. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72 |
| Hosta lancifolia Engl. Narrowleaf Plantainlily USDA HOLA3 |
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Warm infusion of root taken for coughing. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
| Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides E. Small Common Hop USDA HULUL |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cough Medicine Plant used for bad cough. 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 22 |
| Hydrastis canadensis L. Goldenseal USDA HYCA |
Iroquois Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of roots taken for whooping cough and diarrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 324 |
| Hydrocotyle umbellata L. Manyflower Marshpennywort USDA HYUM |
Seminole Drug, Cough Medicine Roots used for turtle sickness: trembling, short breath and cough. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 237 |