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Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Shinnecock Drug, Ear Medicine
Smoke blown into the ear for an earache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Shinnecock Drug, Toothache Remedy
Tobacco placed in tooth for toothache.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 120
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of plant used on cuts and sores.
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 288
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Thompson Other, Ceremonial Items
Plant used as an offering in the sweat house.
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 288
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Cultivated Tobacco
USDA NITA
Tsimshian Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for chewing.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 350