| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Taken for 'disease of the stomach.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Sedative Given for 'nervous and hysterical affections' and taken as a stimulant. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Stimulant Taken as a stimulant for fainting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Delaware Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of leaves used for female diseases. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 38 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of leaves taken for 'female diseases.' Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 76 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of dried plant taken to facilitate digestion. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 98 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Iroquois Drug, Sedative Infusion of dried plant taken as a tonic for nerves. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 98 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Iroquois Drug, Tonic Infusion of dried plant taken as a tonic. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 98 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Micmac Drug, Gynecological Aid Part of plant used for obstetric cases. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Mohegan Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of leaf, highly regarded herb, taken for diseases peculiar to women. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Mohegan Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of plant taken for peculiar ills of women. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 265 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Mohegan Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion taken for 'female ills.' Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Mohegan Drug, Tonic Complex compound infusion including motherwort taken as spring tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1928, Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions, SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270, page 266 |
| Leonurus cardiaca L. Common Motherwort USDA LECA2 |
Shinnecock Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion taken for 'female ills.' Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 121 |