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Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Meskwaki Drug, Heart Medicine
Decoction of root taken for heart trouble.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236
Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Micmac Drug, Cold Remedy
Root used for colds.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 59
Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Ojibwa Drug, Unspecified
Plant used for medicinal purposes.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 235
Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Ojibwa, South Drug, Cold Remedy
Decoction of root used for colds.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199
Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Ojibwa, South Drug, Cough Medicine
Decoction of root used for cough.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199
Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Ojibwa, South Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of leaves taken to 'destroy water bugs that have been swallowed.'
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199
Polygala senega L.
Seneca Snakeroot
USDA POSE3
Ojibwa, South Drug, Throat Aid
Infusion of leaves taken for sore throat.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199
Polygala verticillata L.
Whorled Milkwort
USDA POVEV
Cherokee Drug, Other
Infusion taken for 'summer complaint.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45
Polygala verticillata L.
Whorled Milkwort
USDA POVEV
Iroquois Drug, Other
Infusion of plant given to babies with 'summer complaint.'
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369
Polygala verticillata L.
Whorled Milkwort
USDA POVEV
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of plant given to babies with 'summer complaint.'
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369