| Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen USDA POTR5 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of bark taken over a long period of time 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 120121 |
| Populus tremuloides Michx. Quaking Aspen USDA POTR5 |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of branches or roots taken and used as a wash for syphilis. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 464 |
| Potentilla gracilis Dougl. ex Hook. Northwest Cinquefoil USDA POGRG3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of pounded roots taken for gonorrhea. 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 127 |
| Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Aschers. & Graebn. Norwegian Cinquefoil USDA PONOM |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Venereal Aid Fumes from plant used for sexual infection. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 31 |
| Prunella vulgaris L. Common Selfheal USDA PRVUV |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of roots and shoots taken for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 424 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound poultice of bark applied to chancres caused by syphilis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 361 |
| Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) Gray Velvet Turtleback USDA PSRA |
Paiute 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 125126 |
| Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) Gray Velvet Turtleback USDA PSRA |
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 125126 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco Douglas Fir USDA PSMEM |
Montana Indian Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of spring buds used for certain venereal diseases. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 20 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco Douglas Fir USDA PSMEM |
Pomo, Little Lakes Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of buds used for venereal disease. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 309 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii Douglas Fir USDA PSMEM |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of gum taken warm as a diuretic 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 51 |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii Douglas Fir USDA PSMEM |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Gum mixed with dogfish oil and taken as emetic and purgative 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 51 |
| Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb. Lemon Scurfpea USDA PSLA3 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of root used for venereal disease. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 34 |
| Psorothamnus polydenius var. polydenius Nevada Smokebush USDA PSPOP |
Paiute 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 64-66 |
| Psorothamnus polydenius var. polydenius Nevada Smokebush USDA PSPOP |
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 64-66 |
| Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn Western Brackenfern |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound used for infection, probably venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 259 |
| Pterospora andromedea Nutt. Woodland Pinedrops USDA PTAN2 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of roots taken for gonorrhea. 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 102 |
| Purshia glandulosa Curran Desert Bitterbrush USDA PUGL2 |
Kawaiisu Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of inner bark and leaves used for gonorrhea. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 55 |
| Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson Mexican Cliffrose USDA PUME |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves and stem or flowers 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 61 |
| Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson Mexican Cliffrose USDA PUME |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves and stem or flowers 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 61 |
| Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. Antelope Bitterbrush USDA PUTR2 |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves or inner bark 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 126-128 |
| Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. Antelope Bitterbrush USDA PUTR2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of inner bark taken specifically 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 126-128 |
| Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. Antelope Bitterbrush USDA PUTR2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves or roots 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 126-128 |
| Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia Liverleaf Wintergreen USDA PYASA |
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 60 |
| Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia Liverleaf Wintergreen USDA PYASA |
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 |
| Quercus rubra L. Northern Red Oak USDA QURUR |
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 |
| Ranunculus bulbosus L. St. Anthony's Turnip USDA RABU |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of plants taken for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh Alkali Buttercup USDA RACY |
Navajo Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for syphilis. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 96 |
| Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. Blisterwort USDA RARER2 |
Iroquois Drug, Laxative Compound decoction of roots taken to loosen bowels and for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. Blisterwort USDA RARER2 |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 320 |
| Ratibida tagetes (James) Barnh. Green Prairie Coneflower USDA RATA |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used as a fumigant for sexual infection. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 52 |
| Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r. Alderleaf Buckthorn USDA RHAL |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of roots taken for gonorrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 381 |
| Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg Hollyleaf Redberry USDA RHIL |
Kawaiisu Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots used for gonorrhea. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 58 |
| Rhus copallinum L. Flameleaf Sumac USDA RHCOC |
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of roots used for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 32 |
| Rhus copallinum L. Flameleaf Sumac USDA RHCOC |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of root taken for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 78 |
| Rhus copallinum var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC. Winged Sumac USDA RHCOL |
Seminole Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of bark taken for gonorrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 274 |
| Rhus glabra L. Smooth Sumac USDA RHGL |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of seed heads used as bathing water for gonorrhea. 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 59 |
| Rhus glabra L. Smooth Sumac USDA RHGL |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of stems and roots taken for syphilis. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 466 |
| Rhus sp. Sumac |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound poultice of bark applied to lumps that remain after having syphilis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 369 |
| Rhus typhina L. Staghorn Sumac USDA RHHI2 |
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid Roots combined with purple cone-flower roots and used for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33 |
| Rhus typhina L. Staghorn Sumac USDA RHHI2 |
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 28, 78 |
| Ribes bracteosum Dougl. ex Hook. Stink Currant USDA RIBR |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of berry taken 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 57 |
| Ribes bracteosum Dougl. ex Hook. Stink Currant USDA RIBR |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction taken 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 57 |
| Ribes divaricatum Dougl. Spreading Gooseberry USDA RIDID |
Swinomish Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of roots taken for venereal disease. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 32 |
| Rosa acicularis Lindl. Prickly Rose USDA ROACA |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken for syphilis. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 267 |
| Rosa nutkana K. Presl Nootka Rose USDA RONUN |
Quinault Drug, Venereal Aid Poultice of twig ashes and skunk oil applied to syphilitic sores. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 34 |
| Rosa nutkana K. Presl Nootka Rose USDA RONUN |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken for syphilis. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 267 |
| Rosa pisocarpa Gray Cluster Rose USDA ROPI2 |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken for syphilis. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 267 |
| Rosa woodsii Lindl. Woods' Rose USDA ROWOW |
Thompson Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken for syphilis. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 267 |
| Rubus allegheniensis Porter Allegheny Blackberry USDA RUALA |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Used for venereal disease. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |