| Stachys palustris L. Marsh Hedgenettle USDA STPA |
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid Used with common nightshade, 'pretty flower' and button snakeroot for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35 |
| Stachys palustris L. Marsh Hedgenettle USDA STPA |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Venereal Aid Compound containing root used for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 80 |
| Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt. Desert Princesplume USDA STPIP |
Zuni Drug, Venereal Aid Powdered plant applied, as a specific, to scraped syphilitic sores. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 60 |
| Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. Small Wirelettuce USDA STEXE |
Hopi Drug, Diuretic Plant used as a diuretic for venereal disease. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 97 |
| Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. Small Wirelettuce USDA STEXE |
Hopi Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used as a diuretic for venereal disease. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 97 |
| Stephanomeria minor var. minor Narrowleaf Wirelettuce USDA STMIM |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of plant taken for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 143 |
| Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L. Queensdelight USDA STSYS2 |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction or tincture of root used for the worst forms of venereal disease or 'clap.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. Claspleaf Twistedstalk USDA STAMA2 |
Micmac Drug, Venereal Aid Parts of plant used for gonorrhea. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 62 |
| Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. Claspleaf Twistedstalk USDA STAMA2 |
Penobscot Drug, Venereal Aid Compound infusion of plant taken for gonorrhea. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
| Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake Common Snowberry USDA SYALA |
Chehalis Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root bark taken for venereal disease. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 47 |
| Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake Common Snowberry USDA SYALA |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots and stems used for venereal disease. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
| Symphoricarpos albus var. albus Common Snowberry USDA SYALA |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of branches taken as 'the best cure for gonorrhea.' Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 64 |
| Symphytum officinale L. Common Comfrey USDA SYOF |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of roots in water used for gonorrhea. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
| Taxus canadensis Marsh. Canada Yew USDA TACA7 |
Potawatomi Drug, Venereal Aid Compound containing leaves used for gonorrhea. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 84, 85 |
| Tetradymia canescens DC. Spineless Horsebrush USDA TECA2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of plant taken for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 144 |
| Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. ex Gray Fendler's Meadowrue USDA THFEF |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root used for gonorrhea. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 145 |
| Thamnosma montana Torr. & Fr‚m. Turpentinebroom USDA THMO |
Pima Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of plant taken for gonorrhea. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 80 |
| Thuja excelsa Cedar |
Tlingit Drug, Venereal Aid Compound infusion of sprouts and bark taken for syphilis. Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 283 |
| Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don Western Redcedar USDA THPL |
Quinault Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion of twigs used as a wash for venereal disease sores. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
| Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don Western Redcedar USDA THPL |
Quinault Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of twigs used as a wash for venereal disease sores. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
| Toxicodendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.) Greene Eastern Poison Ivy USDA TORY |
Lakota Drug, Poison Poisonous plant caused a rash resembling venereal disease. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 33 |
| Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze Poison Sumac USDA TOVE |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Plant considered poison and taken in some form for clap and 'gleet.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57 |
| Triosteum perfoliatum L. Feverwort USDA TRPE5 |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Root used for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 445 |
| Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. Eastern Hemlock USDA TSCA |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound powder poultice 'put in bag, place penis in bag and tie around waist.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 269 |
| Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. Western Hemlock USDA TSHE |
Chehalis Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of pounded bark taken for syphilis. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
| Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. Mountain Hemlock USDA TSME |
Tlingit Drug, Venereal Aid Compound poultice of sap applied for syphilis. Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 284 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Root chewed by women for gonorrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 271 |
| Ulmus americana L. American Elm USDA ULAM |
Ojibwa Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of root bark taken for gonorrhea. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 231 |
| Ulmus rubra Muhl. Slippery Elm USDA ULRU |
Ojibwa Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for gonorrhea. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 240 |
| Urtica dioica L. Stinging Nettle USDA URDID |
Kwakiutl Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for locomotor ataxia. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 292 |
| Veratrum californicum Dur. California False Hellebore USDA VECAC2 |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 147148 |
| Veratrum californicum Dur. California False Hellebore USDA VECAC2 |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken for venereal disease. Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, page 198 |
| Veratrum californicum Dur. California False Hellebore USDA VECAC2 |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root ashes taken for blood disorders, especially syphilis. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 460 |
| Veratrum viride Ait. American False Hellebore USDA VEVI |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of bulb taken for gonorrhea and chronic cough. Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 53 |
| Verbesina virginica L. White Crownbeard USDA VEVIV |
Chickasaw Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used as an antivenereal agent. Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 289 |
| Viburnum lantanoides Michx. Hobblebush USDA VILA11 |
Iroquois Drug, Anthelmintic Compound decoction of plants taken for worms caused by venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 446 |
| Viburnum lantanoides Michx. Hobblebush USDA VILA11 |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of plants taken for worms caused by venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 446 |
| Wyethia amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Nutt. Mulesears Wyethia USDA WYAM |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of root taken as an 'unfailing cure for syphilis.' Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 148 |
| Wyethia mollis Gray Woolly Wyethia USDA WYMO |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root taken for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 148149 |
| Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (P. Mill.) Torr. & Gray Canada Cockleburr USDA XASTC |
Mahuna Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for gonorrhea. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 69 |
| Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. Common Pricklyash USDA ZAAM |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of roots taken when water stops because of gonorrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 368 |
| Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. Common Pricklyash USDA ZAAM |
Potawatomi Drug, Venereal Aid Root bark used for gonorrhea, an historic reference (1796). Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 80 |
| Zigadenus nuttallii (Gray) S. Wats. Nuttall's Deathcamas USDA ZINU |
Gosiute Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for venereal affections. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 384 |