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Medicinal value - slight - except as either carriers or disguisers of taste - Origin of spices - Singly from tropical countries, few from temperate zones, chiefly Asiatic in origin some from Africa, and a few from trop. Am. ex: vanilla, red pepper, and allspice Vanilla - from an orchid - almost only use for orchids other than in the florist trade. Allspice - from Jamaica. Classification: No sharp distinctive arts to use: Usually - all aromatic vegetable products used in flavoring foods + drinks Spices - may be restricted to harder hardened parts, used in a pulverized state. Condiments - spices or flavoring having …

for the study of plants was the interest developed from the need for medicine. Definitions of herbs are as complex as any other aspect mentioned in this book. Many herbs are used as garnishes (parsley, Petroselinum crispum, and water- cress, Nasturtium officinalis) or as fresh greens; others, such as sage (Salvia officinalis), thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and many more are used primarily in cooking; some are used for beverages (mint tea, etc.) and still others as pleasant odor-producing materials in nosegays or sachets. The primary charac- teristic of all these is that they contain some pleasant, aromatic, essential o …

HERBS AND THEIR USES Angelica anise alecost balm basil borage bergamot comin chervil catnip or catmint clary caraway chamomile coriander chives ciboule(welsh onion) dill fennel horehound hyssop lavender lovage mallow marjoram(sweet) mint mrigold pennyroyal peppermint pimento(allspice) pimpinella plantain purslane rosemary rue rocambole shallots saffron sage spearmint summer savoury southernwood senna sorrel tarragon thyme tansy wormwood angelica carlina anis atanasia bálsamo albahaca borraja bergamota comino perifolio calamento salvia silvestre alcaravea manzanilla culantro cebollino cebolleta eneldo hinojo marru …

Elko Colony - Medicinal Plants Use - Page 5 Said grass "Wey" "Rejue" used for poups "Nonnike" "Bia-natsu" Root crushed & eaten in Queens lace Roots cooked for food. Very good People used this root medicinally Kill may have been look Wild carrot "Bo-gumbe" French made Mild celery "Ho'be" Entetic. Ye eat too much Milkweed "Rose" wish juice used to cure known poison & lactics Small flowered "Gwinjera" Long shape to be peeled dogwood nice seed good medicine quicken "Sam-mabe" Those around these grown near Sopah Jare been mate tea green them berries included for general tonic Wormwood "Kosi-behabe" Gray green used Bra …

MEDICINAL USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS AS USED BY SHOSHONE COLONY Ely, Nevada. Sept.30,1938. Information secured by Percy Train,Agent,Bureau of Plant Industry,from Indian informants: Chief Harry Johnnie Mamie Dodge 1. Chamaebatricia millefolium (fern bush) (S) Ting-wee-buh, meaning "Rock smoke" Leaves are gathered and dried, boiled, the tea taken for stomachache. 2. Paeonia brownii (wild peony) (S) Peh-nah-din Root steeped in cold water. Solution used as eyewash. 3. Gilia congesta (S) Hoent Last year it was said this plant was used only as an emetic, physic, and to clean the blood. This year for venereal disease. 4 …

165 I.P. Coll. No. Artemisia spinescens "kuba-tu-kamor"(P) (Cfr. M 59) Balsamorrhiza hirsuta "ki-dapu"(P) Root used as food (Cfr. T 529) Balsamorrhiza sagittata "taku"(P) Seed used as food. (Cfr. M 235) Berula erecta "nsa-duban"(P) Root used as food. (Cfr. T 1098) Chaenactis douglasii this word means medicine for swellings but is not name of plant. (Cfr. T 1135) Chrysothamnus nauseosus "bawa-na-tizua"(P) Plant when young used as sweat bath for rheumatism. (Cfr. M 235) Cicute occidentalis "haw-kee-nuba"(P) Crepis scoulinata "hoodzee-doo-gwap"(P) Lvs. used for Greens. Crepis occidentalis "e-gee-bu-etit"(P) No use. …

Although some plant uses are common to many tribes, others are confined to one. The life and culture of the Jamamadi tribe is dominated by its dependence upon plants which are used for many purposes ranging from housing to medicinal. Not all of these uses can be described in detail here so we have concentrated on some of the more interesting ones.

PAIUTE INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS IN GENERAL USE AT Walker River Indian Reservation Schurz, Nevada. * Compare this with any average Shoshone and notice how meager the medicinal knowledge is in this area. General use: Artemisia gnaphalodes Artemisia spinescens Artemisia tridentata Cercocarpus ledifolius Dalea polyantha Ephedra viridis Juniperus occidentalis Lepidium multifida Lygodesmia spinosa Mentha ocidentalis Pinus monophylla pitch Purshia tridentata Quamoclidion sp. Rumex hymenosepalus Salvia carnosaa Only one or two families have knowledge of following and use Achillea lanulosa Aplopappus sp. Asclepias speciosa …

VIII. STEMS OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND THEIR USES. (Hill: Economic Botany, 1937). 1. Bamboo (Bambusa) Structural uses, young shoots used as food 2. Benzoin (Styrax benzoin) Expectorant from gum benzoin 3. Camphor (Cinnamomum Camphora) Gum camphor from wood 4. Chicle (Achras sapota) SAPODILLA Dried latex for chewing gum 5. Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylaniicum) Spice from bark 6. Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Cork from bark 7. Drug Cascara Sagrada (Rhamnus Purshiana) Bark used as cathartic 8. Drug Quassia (Picrasma excelsa) Bitter vermifuge (worm remedy) 9. Ephedrine (Ephedra sinica) Ephedrine alkaloid used as astringent 10 …

MEDICINAL PLANT DATA Collected by Mrs. Edith V. A. Murphy, at Dresslerville, Nevada, July 9, 1937. M 306 "Sagebrush"; "Da-bel" (W) Tea is made from the leaves to drink for colds. Local medicine man carries it and uses it about his costume. M 307 "Balsam root"; "Sugilatse" (W); "Ah-kerh" (P) Seeds, food after roasting. Seeds used as emetic. M 308 "Big sunflower"; Shu-gi" (W) Seed eagerly sought for food, ground and cooked into mush. M 309 "Chokecherry"; "Tsam'chit" (W); "Dew-osh-abui" (P) Berries cooked and used for food; jelly too. M 310 "Willow"; "Him-mo" (W); "Tsuba" (P) Branches used for basketry, for wickiups …

Report No 91 PAIUTE INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANT USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS at Walker River Indian Reservation Schurz, Nevada. Information secured by Percy Train, U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry from the following informants: Nellie Miller, Paiute Mattie Brown, Paiute Jack Brown, Paiute 1. Artemisia spinescens (P) Kuba-tah-cun-oh-quah Tops and stems boiled, tea taken over a long period for venereal disease. Green leaves gathered early in the spring used as poultices on swellings. When old people are bedridden for a long time the patient is rubbed every day with handful of fresh leaves of this plant much in the manner and …

306 Menthe, Menthe, la plante a plusieurs propriétés : carminative, digestive, purgative, etc... on l'emploie en poudre ou en tisane, et en les jusques de la thérapie. Milium, millet, millet, en face de la garrigue on cultive une amende d'avoine. Millepoule, Millepoule, plante dont les balaisières adorent cette plante, délicieuse, et arrosée avec des baumes aromatiques pour elle.

```text utility Dans le grand nombre des insectes qui peuvent être utilisés pour la médecine, il y en a quelques-uns qui sont inutiles. La cantharide et le corne fournissent à la médecine un remède, mais ils ne sont pas utilisés pour les maladies de la peau. L'art de teindre avec des plantes est très ancien et a été pratiqué depuis l'Antiquité. Les plantes médicinales ont été utilisées pour traiter les maladies depuis l'Antiquité. Les plantes médicinales ont été utilisées pour traiter les maladies depuis l'Antiquité. Les plantes médicinales ont été utilisées pour traiter les maladies depuis l'Antiquité. Les plant …

INDIAN MEDICINAL USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS AS USED AT Peavine Creek, Nye Co., W. of Manhattan, Nov. Information secured from the following informants by Percy Train, Agent, U.S.Bureau of Plant Industry. Andy Fraser, Shoshone Crazy Jane Fraser, Shoshone 1. Rumex crispus (Dock) (S) Enga-pah-wee-ub Root boiled, tea taken for physic. Not used as burn remedy here. 2. Eriogonon concinnus, var. aphanactis (Brass buttons) (S) no specific name, just medicine remedy name, Boo-ees-nut-zoo, eye medicine. Roots boiled. Solution cooled, several times a day 3. Clematis lasiandra (Wild clematis) (S) Eghn-wanne (Bombe-gum-bah nu …

VII. Angewandte Chemie. (Weiz - Klempfe) 1) Nahrungsmittel + Zierliche (Fr. 150, Knolle Wurzel) 2) Obstwiese 3) Topfblumen (Geset.) 4) Sträucher (Kolbe, Tee, Kaffee, Kola, Tabak, Quitten) 5) Bäume (Früchte + Blütenwiese) 6) Hage - und Kantinen 7) Garten - und Harzsträuche 10) Gartenzwiebeln (Th. Papier) (Herbstzwiebeln, Fr. 50, Spargel, Wi) 12) Knollen. VIII. Mediz.-Pharmazeutische 1) Sande offizielle Ufe. Beigabe 2) Droge : Pf. der Allopathie 3) Th. Homöopathie 78) Samenget. Pflanze Krankheiten und Unheilige Gallen.

Indian Plant Uses - Mrs. Edith V. A. Murphey. Bulrush, mujeranga (S) Joints used for whistles. Celery, wild; yutah-gu (S) Root cooked and eaten, not too much, or it will prove emetic. False bellebore; bia-dubassop (S) Raw root mashed and used as poultice for blood poisoning. Sweet sage; pa-wots (S) Tea of leaves used as beverage. Seed powdered for gravy. Small sagebrush; toyabe behobe (S) mountain sagebrush Tea for colds, etc. from leaves. Yarrow, pannonzia (S) Achillea millefolium Tea from whole plant for blood disease and root to stop ache in hollow tooth. Ephedra tea; tutumbé (S) Austin Shoshones call it "duru …

Percy Train PLANTS USED AS FOOD BY OLDER OSHONES AT ELY, White Pine Co., Nev. Same informants as on medicinal plants. 1. AGoseris glauca (S) Muga-Gee-ah The leaves of this plant were eaten in the spring, being placed in a pit, covered with wet grass, and steam cooked under hot rocks similar to procedure used in cooking the onion and see-go bulbs. 2. LOMATIUM sp. (Indian potato) (P) Hoo-nee-voh-wee (S) Ahn-Tha' (S) Hon-mib' The bulb is starchy and was eaten as food. 3. CALOCHORTUS nuttallii (Sego Lily) (P) Kog-bbee (S) See-go Bulbs eaten as a food in early days. 4. OROBANCHE sp. Broomrape (Parasite) (S) Too-ee The …

… ientific Nomenclature Use and Description Fumaria - For blood diseases; abdominal pains. Cerraja Lactuca inthybea For rabbits and cattle. Multiple small yellow flowers. Valeriana Valeriana clematis General medicinal purposes, for wounds, nerves, etc. Moradita Cuphea micrantha For wounds, blood diseases. Ruda de Castilla Ruta graveolens Stomach ailments; abortive, sudorific. Yellow flowers. Grows in marshes. Junquillo Juncus Medicinal. Paico Chenopodium ambrosioides Stomach ailments; also good for cattle. Blue flowers. Mastranto Salvia palaefolia Stomach pains. Also used to spice agua de panela (brown sugar loaf w …

Pentstemon deustus "dimbshaego", "sebu", "dim-bah-she-beh", "poohi natesua", "tim-bah-she-beh", "dim-bah-segon", "dimbahshegon", "see-mut-zoo" (foot medicine) (S); "too-buzz-see-bee" (P&S); "tu-pasi- wup-we", "todsi-tonega", "too-buzz-sah-wop" (P); "pentstemon", "white pentstemon" Colds: plant boiled, decoction taken. Ear: leaves and stems boiled - to strong decoction, cool, apply by 1 teaspoonful drops and used as wash - cover with warm cloth, once a day three days. Eye wash: plant steeped, solution used as wash. Leaves boiled, decoction strained, used cold. Feet - sore: plant boiled, hot decoction used as foot …

Yeruylon Sudianic Plants Used Report Page 2 Common Name Scientific Name - Manner of Use Oat-tail "tabu'oo" - Smokey young oatwo - eaten is Asotu fat - juice & root used for baby fat - yeda - Boiled root used for baby fat - Current wits "ma-bab-wui" - For insecticide - no - Longwood "Atsugidawsabu" - Long sprout to ward off evil spirits - in fall the red bark is peeled & used as medicine for eye - Stadelmeste (Wali Dangun Graham) - Hand ao legakquotic - Root, bark used to dry - Floocloote, "Tumanaabe" - Tea from plant - Root, barks used for hard - Phragmites, leg - Tea from leaf for stomach - Yogocho - Heart decoc …