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Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Taken for 'sharp pains.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47
Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Compound decoction used as wash or poultice applied to chancres or lumps on penis.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 399
Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Ojibwa Drug, Gynecological Aid
Compound infusion of minute quantity of root taken for female troubles.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 391
Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Ojibwa Drug, Poison
Root powerful in small amounts and poisonous in large amounts.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 391
Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Paiute Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Root medicine taken 'for their all over inside--when they have this awful, maybe TB.'
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 93
Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Potawatomi Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of root applied to inflammation and sores.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 86
Pastinaca sativa L.
Wild Parsnip
USDA PASA2
Potawatomi Drug, Poison
Root considered poisonous when taken internally.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 86