| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Dried stem base eaten or grated and taken in water for heart 'troubles,' including heart burn. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Stem base taken for stomachaches, cramps and stomach flu. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Heart Medicine Dried stem base eaten or grated and taken in water for heart 'troubles,' including heart burn. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Laxative Stem base taken for constipation. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Stem base taken for stomach flu. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Panacea Powdered stem base and many other herbs used for various ailments. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Stimulant Stem base given to prevent fainting during childbirth. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of plant used for 'womb troubles.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Iroquois Drug, Kidney Aid Split roots used for lame back or kidneys. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Split root used for lame back or kidneys and leaf infusion used as a runner's liniment. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Iroquois Drug, Other Raw root chewed to strengthen veins. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction of plant or roots or infusion of roots taken for consumption. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 272 |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica L. American Waterplantain USDA ALPL |
Iroquois Food, Beverage Plant made into a tea and used by forest runners. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 65 |
| Alisma subcordatum Raf. American Water Plantain USDA ALSU |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Used as a poultice on old sores, wounds, bruises, swellings and ulcers. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
| Alisma subcordatum Raf. American Water Plantain USDA ALSU |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root used for bowel complaints, sores, wounds and bruises. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
| Amaranthus retroflexus L. Redroot Amaranth USDA AMRE |
Mohegan Food, Vegetable Combined with mustard, plantain, dock and nettle and used as mixed greens. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83 |
| Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch Black Mustard USDA BRNI |
Mohegan Food, Vegetable Combined with pigweed, plantain, dock and nettle and used as mixed greens. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83 |
| Carex plantaginea Lam. Plantainleaf Sedge USDA CAPL4 |
Menominee Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Root used as a charm to prevent snakebite and spittle from chewed root used on snakebite. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 34 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Abortifacient Taken for 'suppressed menstruation.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Used as a poultice for headache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Anticonvulsive Used for hemorrhages, spitting of blood and epilepsy. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Antihemorrhagic Used for hemorrhages, 'spitting of blood' and epilepsy. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy Cold infusion of root taken and root chewed 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 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
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 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Astringent plant boiled, mixed with tallow and used on sores. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Boiled plant mixed with tallow and used on sores. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Diaphoretic Used as a sudorific. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Diuretic Used as a diuretic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Eye Medicine Taken for 'dimness of sight.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Taken for gout and infusion 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 35 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Iroquois Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of roots taken for colds. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 464 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Iroquois Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of roots taken for coughs. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 464 |
| Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Robin's Plantain USDA ERPUP |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction of plants and flowers taken for consumption. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 464 |
| 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 |