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Quercus rubra L.
Northern Red Oak
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Rappahannock Drug, Tonic
Decoction of bark and leaves taken as a beneficial beverage (bitters).
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 26
Quercus rubra var. ambigua (Gray) Fern.
Northern Red Oak
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Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Complex compound decoction used as wash for affected parts of 'Italian itch.'
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 304
Quercus rubra var. ambigua (Gray) Fern.
Northern Red Oak
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Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of powdered bark bound to ruptured or improperly healed navels.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 304
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
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Alabama Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of bark used as a wash for bad smelling sores on the head or feet.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 16
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
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Alabama Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Infusion of bark given to child old enough to walk but too weak to do so.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 16
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
USDA QURUR
Alabama Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of bark given to child old enough to walk but too weak to do so.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 16
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
USDA QURUR
Alabama Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Infusion of bark taken for lung trouble.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 16
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
USDA QURUR
Alabama Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of bark taken for sore throats.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 16
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
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Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of twig juice taken for dysentery.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 16
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Northern Red Oak
USDA QURUR
Kiowa Other, Fuel
Wood used as a favorite fuel for the altar fire in the peyote ceremony.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 21