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Costanoan Drug, Analgesic Smashed nuts and fat rubbed on temples for headaches. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 6 |
| Torreya californica Torr. California Nutmeg USDA TOCA |
Costanoan Drug, Diaphoretic Smashed nuts and fat rubbed on body to cause sweating. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 6 |
| Torreya californica Torr. California Nutmeg USDA TOCA |
Costanoan Drug, Febrifuge Smashed nuts and fat rubbed on body for chills. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 6 |
| Torreya californica Torr. California Nutmeg USDA TOCA |
Costanoan Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Nuts chewed for indigestion. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 6 |
| Torreya californica Torr. California Nutmeg USDA TOCA |
Mendocino Indian Food, Unspecified Whole nuts roasted and used for food. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 305 |
| Torreya californica Torr. California Nutmeg USDA TOCA |
Pomo Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction of nuts taken for tuberculosis. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 11 |
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Pomo Fiber, Basketry Roots used as splints in basketry. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 6 |
| Torreya californica Torr. California Nutmeg USDA TOCA |
Pomo Fiber, Basketry Roots used to make baskets. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 305 |
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Pomo Other, Tools Rigid, sharp-pointed leaves formerly used as needles to prick pitch soot into the skin in tattooing. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 305 |
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Pomo, Kashaya Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction of cracked, soaked nut taken for tuberculosis. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 78 |