| Helianthella uniflora (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray Oneflower Helianthella USDA HEUNU |
Shoshoni Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed root applied for rheumatism of the shoulder or knee. 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 83, 84 |
| Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. Longbranch Frostweed USDA HECA3 |
Delaware Drug, Throat Aid Poultice of roots applied to sore throats. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 32 |
| Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. Longbranch Frostweed USDA HECA3 |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Analgesic Infusion of plant taken and poultice of root applied for sore throat. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 27, 76 |
| Helianthus annuus L. Common Sunflower USDA HEAN3 |
Apache, White Mountain Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of crushed plants applied to snakebites. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158 |
| Helianthus annuus L. Common Sunflower USDA HEAN3 |
Pima Drug, Anthelmintic Poultice of warm ashes applied to stomach for worms. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 103 |
| Helianthus annuus L. Common Sunflower USDA HEAN3 |
Zuni Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Compound poultice of root applied with much ceremony to rattlesnake bite. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 53, 54 |
| Helianthus annuus L. Common Sunflower USDA HEAN3 |
Zuni Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Fresh or dried root chewed by medicine man before sucking snakebite and poultice applied to wound. Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 375 |
| Helianthus cusickii Gray Cusick's Sunflower USDA HECU2 |
Shasta Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of roots applied to swellings. Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340 |
| Helianthus cusickii Gray Cusick's Sunflower USDA HECU2 |
Shasta Drug, Febrifuge Poultice of roots applied for chills and fever. Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 340 |
| Helianthus decapetalus L. Thinleaf Sunflower USDA HEDE |
Meskwaki Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of macerated root applied to sores of long standing. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 215 |
| Helianthus grosseserratus Martens Sawtooth Sunflower USDA HEGR4 |
Meskwaki Drug, Burn Dressing Poultice of blossoms used for burns. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 215 |
| Helianthus occidentalis Riddell Fewleaf Sunflower USDA HEOCO |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of crushed root applied to 'bruises and contusions.' Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199 |
| Heliotropium curassavicum L. Salt Heliotrope USDA HECUC2 |
Pima Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of dried, pulverized root applied to sores and wounds. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79 |
| Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark Roundlobed Hepatica USDA HENOO |
Chippewa Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of plants applied to inflammations and bruises. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 129 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Aleut Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of heated leaves applied to minor cuts. Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 425 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Aleut Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of heated leaves applied to sore muscles. Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 425 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Bella Coola Drug, Analgesic Poultice of compound containing roots used for lung or hip pains. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Bella Coola Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Compound infusion of root used as poultice for pains like rheumatism. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Bella Coola Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of crushed and cooked roots applied to boils. Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 201 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Bella Coola Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of crushed, boiled root, baked root or raw root applied to boils. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Bella Coola Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of compound containing roots used for hip pains. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Bella Coola Drug, Pulmonary Aid Poultice of compound containing roots used for lung pains. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of roots applied to bruises and chronic swellings. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 48 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Carrier Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of ground roots applied for rheumatism. Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 82 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Carrier, Northern Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of root applied to swellings and bruises. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Chippewa Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of boiled or dried root and flowers applied to boils. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 350 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Cree Drug, Dermatological Aid Powdered roots & lard used as an ointment or poultice of root paste applied to boils and swellings. Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 492 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Cree Drug, Venereal Aid Powdered roots & lard used as ointment or root paste poultice applied to venereal disease chancres. Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 494 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Analgesic Poultice of ground root, calamus and yellow pond lily applied to the head for severe headaches. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of ground root, calamus and yellow pond lily applied to painful limbs. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of root, calamus root and yellow pond lily root applied to mancos, worms in the flesh. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Gitksan Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of fresh roots used for rheumatism. Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 25 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Gitksan Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed root applied to rheumatic or other swellings. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Gitksan Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of mashed root applied to boils and other swellings. 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 61 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Haisla Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of roots, Indian hellebore and Sitka spruce pitch applied to wounds. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 214 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid Compound decoction used as wash or poultice applied to chancres or lumps on penis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 400 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Makah Drug, Eye Medicine Heated poultice of leaves applied for eye problems. Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 293 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Meskwaki Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of stems applied to wounds. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 249 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Mewuk Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed roots applied to swellings. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Ojibwa Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of pounded, fresh root applied to sores. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 390 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Orthopedic Aid Heated poultice of sliced, pounded roots applied to sore backs. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 62 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Paiute Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed root applied for rheumatism. 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 85, 86 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Paiute, Northern Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of roasted, split plants applied to aching joints for rheumatism. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 130 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Pawnee Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of scraped, boiled root applied to boils. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 107 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Pomo Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of pounded, raw or heated roots applied to rheumatism. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Pomo Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of pounded, raw or heated roots applied to swellings. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Pomo, Kashaya Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of baked, pounded root used for rheumatism, arthritis and other muscular pains. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 87 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Quinault Drug, Analgesic Poultice of warmed leaves applied to sore limbs. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Quinault Drug, Orthopedic Aid Poultice of warmed leaves applied to sore limbs. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
| Heracleum maximum Bartr. Common Cowparsnip USDA HEMA80 |
Sanpoil Drug, Analgesic Poultice of roots applied overnight to 'painful parts, sore eyes, etc.' Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 220 |