Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers.
Common names: American Falsepennyroyal
Species details (USDA):
USDA HEPU
Documented uses
30 uses documented
Catawba
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 53)
Catawba
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1937,
Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices,
Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197,
pages 188)
Cherokee
Drug, Abortifacient
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Diaphoretic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Expectorant
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Drug, Toothache Remedy
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Cherokee
Other, Insecticide
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 48)
Chickasaw
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 53)
Delaware
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1972,
Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3,
pages 35)
Delaware, Oklahoma
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 29, 76)
Delaware, Oklahoma
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 29)
Iroquois
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 426)
Mahuna
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Romero, John Bruno,
1954,
The Botanical Lore of the California Indians,
New York. Vantage Press, Inc.,
pages 7)
Mohegan
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1972,
Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3,
pages 72)
Mohegan
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1928,
Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions,
SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270,
pages 265)
Nanticoke
Drug, Diaphoretic
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 58, 84)
Nanticoke
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 58)
Nanticoke
Drug, Liver Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 58)
Ojibwa
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns,
1981,
Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada,
Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325,
pages 2274)
Ojibwa
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns,
1981,
Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada,
Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325,
pages 2274)
Rappahannock
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(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.,
pages 33)
Rappahannock
Other, Insecticide
detail...
(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.,
pages 33)
Shinnecock
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 121)