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Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Mohegan Food, Unspecified
Cooked and used for food.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Pawnee Other, Paint
Fruit made into a red stain used in painting horses and various articles of adornment.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Rappahannock Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of berries taken for dysentery.
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 29
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Rappahannock Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Fermented infusion of leaves taken for rheumatism.
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 29
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Rappahannock Drug, Dermatological Aid
Compound infusion with roots applied to ivy poison.
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 29
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Rappahannock Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of mashed root applied to wart until it bleeds.
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 29
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Rappahannock Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Steam from decoction of roots used for piles.
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 29
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Berries eaten as an analgesic.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Seminole Drug, Analgesic
Berries eaten for pains.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 285
Phytolacca americana L.
American Pokeweed
USDA PHAMA3
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Berries eaten for rheumatism.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 285