Mentha spicata L.
Common names: Spearmint
Species details (USDA):
USDA MESP3
Documented uses
34 uses documented
Cherokee
Drug, Adjuvant
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, 49)
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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Antiemetic
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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Carminative
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, 49)
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, 49)
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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Gastrointestinal 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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Gastrointestinal 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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Hemorrhoid 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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Misc. Disease 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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Pediatric 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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Sedative
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, 49)
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, 49)
Cherokee
Drug, Urinary 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, 49)
Cherokee
Food, Spice
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
Food, Unspecified
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)
Iroquois
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 428)
Iroquois
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Other
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Iroquois
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 427)
Kawaiisu
Food, Beverage
detail...
(Zigmond, Maurice L.,
1981,
Kawaiisu Ethnobotany,
Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press,
pages 41)
Mahuna
Drug, Sedative
detail...
(Romero, John Bruno,
1954,
The Botanical Lore of the California Indians,
New York. Vantage Press, Inc.,
pages 23)
Miwok
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford,
1933,
Miwok Material Culture,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11,
pages 171)
Miwok
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford,
1933,
Miwok Material Culture,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11,
pages 171)
Miwok
Food, Beverage
detail...
(Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford,
1933,
Miwok Material Culture,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11,
pages 171)
Mohegan
Drug, Anthelmintic
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1972,
Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3,
pages 74, 130)
Mohegan
Drug, Anthelmintic
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1928,
Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions,
SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270,
pages 265)
Yuki
Food, Beverage
detail...
(Curtin, L. S. M.,
1957,
Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants,
The Masterkey 31:85-94,
pages 88)
Yuki
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Curtin, L. S. M.,
1957,
Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants,
The Masterkey 31:85-94,
pages 93)