| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Anticonvulsive Roots used for 'spasms' and 'fits.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of root taken for colds and hot infusion of root taken for flu. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Compound infusion taken for stomach cramps. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion taken for 'female trouble.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Compound infusion taken for kidney trouble. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Infusion taken for diabetes and hot infusion of root taken for flu. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Cherokee Drug, Sedative Roots used for 'fits' and 'hysterical affections.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound decoction taken as blood medicine when 'blood is bad from scrofula.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Febrifuge Compound decoction taken for fever. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Compound decoction for soreness. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Sedative Infusion of root taken for nervousness or lack of energy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Sedative Used as a nerve medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Stimulant Root decoction or infusion taken for nervousness, tiredness and lack of energy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPA19 |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound decoction taken as blood medicine when 'blood is bad from scrofula.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Anthelmintic Decoction of roots taken for worms. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 11 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Chippewa Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of chopped, moistened root applied to inflammations. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 348 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Chippewa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of root taken in small doses for indigestion. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Chippewa Drug, Toothache Remedy Dried, powdered root moistened and applied to decayed teeth for toothache. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 342 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Iroquois Drug, Analgesic Roots used with another plant for lower back pain. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 69 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Iroquois Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion of roots used for 'too much wind in the chest.' Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 69 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Roots used with another plant for tuberculosis. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 69 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Menominee Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant used in 'female disorders.' Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 44 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Menominee Drug, Hallucinogen Plant used in sacred bundles to induce dreams of the supernatural. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 44 |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper USDA CYPUP |
Ojibwa Drug, Gynecological Aid Root used for all female troubles. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 377 |
| Cypripedium sp. Lady Slipper |
Lakota Food, Unspecified Species used for food. 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 28 |
| Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook. Giant Helleborine USDA EPGI |
Karok Other, Decorations Flowers used for their prettiness. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381 |
| Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook. Giant Helleborine USDA EPGI |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in girl's puberty rite. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 17 |
| Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook. Giant Helleborine USDA EPGI |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Other Plant used for general body disease. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 17 |
| Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook. Giant Helleborine USDA EPGI |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used to purify a newborn infant and plant used in girl's puberty rite. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 17 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Cowlitz Drug, Tonic Infusion of plants taken as a tonic. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 26 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of softened leaves applied to cuts and sores. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 52 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Reproductive Aid Leaves split open and blown on several times by women wishing to become pregnant. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 52 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Okanagon Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant chewed by women before and at the time of childbirth. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Saanich Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Infusion of leaves used in the bathwater of sprinters and canoers as a liniment for stiff muscles. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 77 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Leaves chewed prenatally to determine the sex of a baby and to insure an easy delivery. If the mother could swallow the chewed leaf, the baby was going to be a girl, but if she could not, then it was going to be a boy. 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 136 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant chewed at childbirth to ease confinement. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 462 |
| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. Western Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOOB2 |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant chewed by women before and at the time of childbirth. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 41 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine Compound decoction taken as a blood tonic. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Burn Dressing Poultice of wilted leaves applied 'to draw out burn.' 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy Cold infusion of leaf taken for colds. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Dietary Aid Cold infusion of leaf taken with whiskey to improve the appetite. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Dietary Aid Compound decoction taken to build the appetite. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Emetic Taken with whiskey to improve the appetite and as an emetic. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Eye Medicine Ooze dripped into sore eyes. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Cold infusion of leaf taken for kidneys. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion held in mouth for toothache. 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 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Delaware Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Used as a medicine for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Delaware Drug, Gynecological Aid Administered to women following childbirth. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Delaware Drug, Pulmonary Aid Used for pleurisy. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37 |
| Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain USDA GOPU |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Root used for rheumatism. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 76 |