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Percy Train Fellon, Nevada MEDICINAL AND FOOD USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS, secured at Stillwater Indian Reservation, near Fallon, Nevada. Information secured by Percy Train, Agent, Bureau of Plant Industry, Indian School from Mrs. Lena Weeks, Shoshone Informant, cook at Stillwater Indian School MEDICINAL PLANTS 1. Rumex hymenosepalus (Cannigre, Dock) (S) Wys-mut-zoo, meaning burn medicine The root of this large dock which grows in the sand dunes is kept on hand through the year as a remedy for burns. The root is dried and grated, the fine shavings placed on the burn to heal and dry up the blisters. This would no d …

Percy Train Beatty, New Ind. Plant Uses Ike Shaw, Mossie Shaw Miscellaneous plant names: *Many of these are plants of the Death Valley region, and the opportunity was taken to secure as many Shoshone names for these Covillea belt plants as possible. Atriplex hymenelytra (Desert holly) Eschscholtzia glyptosperma (Gold poppy) Oenothera brevipes Encelia farinosa Oenothera decorata canes Chorixanthe rigida Eriogonum Thomasii Gilia latiflora Geran neomexicanus Amsinckia tessellata Salvia columbariae Phacelia fremontii Coreopsis bigelovii Astragalus sp. Malacothrix glabrata Montezelia gracilenta Adiantum or any fern in …

… -goop" (P) Classed by Paiutes as "good medicine". Root is boiled, resulting in a thin yellow soup. Used internally in bad stomach trouble, bladder trouble, and venereal diseases. First discovered as having medicinal value by Indians at Bishop, California. 5761 T529 Analysis material sent to Bieter. 5511 A5711 Balsamorhiza sagittata (Parsh.) Hunt. Analysis material sent to Bieter. 5525 A5725 Paeonia brownii Analysis material sent to Bieter. 5550 A5750 Iva axillaris Pursh. Analysis material sent to Bieter. 5536 A5736 Polygonum aviculare Analysis material sent to Bieter. 5537 A5737 Grindelia squarrosa (Parsh.) Dunf. …

MENTHA L. MINT All-Star; Here Are for you, Hot lavender fillats, Jersey, Maryjanes, Herbs, 1924-2 M. viridis, MINT, SPEAR-MINT, used as a sauce, x as aromatic condiment, in form of spearmint and Spearmint Water Rhind 492 M. piperita PEPPERMINT most useful by, an aromatic stimulant, most pleasant of all the Mints in medicine used in infusions only to expel flatulence, to cover the unpleasant taste of medicines, to relieve nausea & pains of abdomen canal, while it is thin as an anticholerae, it flavors kilograpes. Rhind 492 M. citrata, oil extremely balsamic, in much the odor of oil of Bergamot M. pulegium, M. aqua …

… ee-quoi no-ko Tops and roots placed in hot water just long enough to make them limp, placed in bandage while hot and applied to knees and legs when in pain due to rheumatism or in cases of swellings. *(Not medicinal, but Maggie said this plant was also boiled till it resembled a glutinous jelly mass. This jelly was added to clay and worked in when making pottery.) 6. Veratrum californicum (S) Too-vah-sah, or wanda vassa Roots boiled, solution taken for birth control. No personal experience related, but the root was used at Beowawe in the early days. 7. Hypericum scouleri St. John's wort (S) no name Roots collecte …

Train Rosie Quartz group, page 2 2. Gilia filifolia (P) Too-bee too-ben-aba whole plant boiled, tea for stomach ache also used as an emetic. 3. Salvia carnososa (P) Too-bee she-gin-oop Tea made of leaves and taken over a long period for venereal disease. 4. Pinus monophylla pitch. (P) Too-bah-pee sun-ah-pee Tea made by boiling pitch taken for tuberculosis 5. Psathyrotes ramosissima (P) See-boh moh-goon-ub Tops placed in tooth cavity to stop toothache. 6. Dalea polyadenia (P) Moh-good-du-hoople Stems boiled, tea taken hot in pneumonia cases to loosen cough and chest congestion. 7. Cercocarpus ledifolius (P) Too-be …

… rnoon and evenings when they have finished their work. To us, the most serious aspect of the Jamamadis' usage of shinā is its use by even small children. One four-year-old seemed to take it daily, and many other children had their own bottles of snuff which we were able to trade with them, in exchange for brightly colored material, coins which they use as pendants, fish hooks, candies, and other trade goods which we always carry when visiting Indians. Medicines. As is the case in most Indian tribes, the Jamamadis have many medicinal plants which they use to cure almost any of the common ailments. We collected the …

PATUTE INDIAN MEDICINAL USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS AT Yerington, Nevada. Information secured from following informants by Percy Train, U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry. Maggie Bob, (sister of Sam Joaquine) Paiute Jennie Decroy, Paiute **Ki-bah, mountain in medicine** 1. Unoot, angelica sp., unidenfied. (P) Ki-bah na-tizuah, or mountain medicine This root resembles an Angelica root and is found in the Sweetwater Mountains. Positive identification not possible. Root boiled, chewed, and smoked in pipe for colds much in the manner of Leptotaenia. 2. Artemisia tridentata (P) San-wah-be Tea from tops taken as a tonic afte …

PLANTS. The economic potentialities of certain of the native medicinal plants are considerable. The proposal (cf. section on Canaday Tropical Gardens) to develop and maintain a collection of such plants is made in anticipation of possible development of some of the indigenous plants for commercial use. The Jumbo Pepperbush (Ravenia levis) used as a cure for dysentery and the Congo Root, used for causing abortion and/or sterility and as a heart stimulant, are examples of native plants

MEDICINAL PLANT DATA Collected by Mrs. Edith V. A. Murphey at Lovelock, Nevada June 24, 1937 Informant: Harry Oppenheim (S) This is a very interested told him to get what he could and give material to whoever in charge at Lovelook. "Four-o'clock," "Hewovey" (S) Powder roots for sores. For chronic indigestion, boil one-half hour and drink for tea. This plant does not grow here, but is imported from Fallon or Schurz, Nevada. "Rabbit guts;" "Kumi-segee" (S) Leaves eaten raw as salad. "Indian rhubarb;" "Enga-pawia" (S) Uses same as reported from Winnemucca. "Mountain parsley;" "Todse" (S) Smoke for cold. Dry root. Si …

Page 2 Dalea (Parosela) polyadenia Pains - muscular: Pneumonia: Rheumatism: Smallpox: Sores: Stomach cramps: Throat - sore: Tonic: Toothache: Tuberculosis: Urination - difficult-to stimulate: Urination - frequent: Venereal: tops ground fine, dried, boiled, decoction taken. young stems boiled, decoction taken hot. Stems broken small, boiled, decoction taken in small doses. stems boiled, decoction used as a wash. stems and tops mixed with Juniper leaves, boiled, decoction taken in 1/2 cup doses as cure. Tops boiled, warm decoction used as an antiseptic wash. glandular resin ducts scraped off. Powdered and applied. …

Osmorhiza occidentalis "pah-wah-capii", "bossowey", "bas-ob-wip", "tim-bah-hay", "bas-oh-gway", "mah-soh-hay nut-zoom", "bas-oh-wip" (S); "bassowep", "pah-wah-capii", "worr-ee-eye-eg-on-bah", "pan-wood-tah-gova", "wadda-eye-gop", "bas-oh-guy", "sub-bah-na-tizueh" (chill medicine) (P); "pasowoip", "bossowoip" (PSS); "sweet root" (S) Antiseptics: root boiled, hot decoction used as a wash. Beverage: roots boiled, hot decoction taken with sugar added. Biliousness: root boiled, 1/2 cup decoction taken. Blood purifier: roots soaked 1 day in cold water, solution taken. Chills: root boiled, warm decoction taken to stop a …

… lant boiled, decoction taken. Pain - to relieve: green tops mashed, heated, applied as a hot poultice. Rheumatism: tops boiled, used as a poultice, and hot decoction as an external wash. Packets of steamed plants placed on limbs. Sprains: tops boiled, poultice applied. Stings: tops boiled, decoction used as a wash. Swellings: green tops mashed, heated, applied as a hot poultice. Throat - sore: plant mashed, applied as a poultice. Tonic: leaves and flowers boiled, decoction taken. Tonsilitis: plant mashed, applied as a poultice. Venereal: plant boiled, decoction taken, also used as a wash for running sores. Vomiti …

Elko Medicine colony Page 164 Damar Water "Stop" Tea from Jaborandi - This plant to lot use reported for this plant - Meadow rue "Bossugway" - Tea from roots not too strong miel positively cure Bad and disease taken over a long period White sage "Sissop" - Not used as medicine Forage for horses Balsam Root "Ah'kerh" Seed used the staple Peroxide - Roots known to be Cloke cherry "Donem" Cherries good Willows "Tsube" Tea made for breakfast must be for Cloth while in dye bath earth + water mielour in hot contain then in dye bath Sego Lily "Segau" Ear roots in Spring Queen Anne's Lace "Yambu" or Roots to boiled water …

special reference to the use of plants which are employed because of their presumed medicinal value. C. Methods of procedure An adequate ethnobotanical description carried out from a cognitive point of view should specify explicitly the cultural knowledge held by members of a particular society which enables them to behave appropriately in any cultural contexts where botanical knowledge is utilized by them, consciously or unconsciously. The completeness of such a description must be evaluated in terms of the extent to which one can provide concise answers to at least the following questions (modified, in part, fr …

15. Juniperus occidentalis (P) Wah-pee Berries boiled in not much water. Tea taken several times a day for rheumatism. Also used as an external wash, or towels wrung out of hot solution used as hot pack on afflicted part of body. 16. Gilia filifolia (P) Too-bee man-a-ba Tops boiled. Used as strong physic and emetic. 17. Purshia tridentata (P) Huh-nabbe Inner bark only used. Tea made by boiling, used as strong emetic and physic in venereal disease. Tops and leaves boiled, warm anti septic wash for measles. 18. Erigeron concinuus, var.aphanactis (P) Dootsie tah-bah-she-up, meaning "little brush" A violent emetic, t …

… obacco and the Slave Trade Quinine--the cure for the old world disease, maloria; discovery is really not too well documented--Marquessa de Cinchone--Hair raising exploits of botanical collectors to smuggle plants from Peru and Ecuador SLIDES 3 x 4 Slide No. 4773 1. Digitalis--foxglove--leaves used in treatment of heart disorders. 230 2. Cinchona--quinine--bark--although substitutes now better, new uses for the alkaloid 6043 3. Ginseng--no real value known, but still a big item to China 639 4. Colchicum autumnale--colchicine in rheumatism and gout--also used as a tool for geneticists to modify behavior of genetic …

Washoe Medicinal plants, contd: 3. Artemisia (T 3099) - Gnaphalodes (w) Auga-lem-lu (Auga; mountain sheep (lem-lu; to eat Leaves boiled, tea solution used as a remedy for head colds and headaches. Taken both internally and used as a cooling aromatic external wash. 4. Leptotaenia multifida (Cough root) (w) Dose The well known flu remedy of all Nevada Indians. Roots are purchased from Indians at Bishop, Markleville, an other Sierra Nevada mountain Indians. This is the main medicine used in the Carson Valley, and has many general uses. Root dried and cut in small chunks. Small pieces chewed for sore throat. Shavings …

Report No 73 Sept.22-23,1939 INDIAN MEDICINAL USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS AS USED AT TONOPAH, Nye Co., Nevada. Medicinal Information secured from the following informants. Mrs. Orna Jagles, Palute-Shoshone Mrs. Anna Bonney, (her daughter) Shoshone Orna Jagles is a California Palute, born near Bishop, Cal. Her parents both died while she was still a child and she was raised by her grandparents, and brought to the Shoshone area of Nevada. Thus she still uses a few of the Shoshone and learned their language. However, she still uses a few of the Palute terms for some plants. Her grand-parents were medicine doctors and …

Medicinal Plants used by Papagos, contributed by Dr H.V. Hallman. U.S.I.S. Colds: Sore Throat: "Kui heap" Leaves boiled and drunk. Mesquite mistletoe: "Kui heap" Leaves boiled and drunk. Stomach & Menstrual Cramps: Creosote mistletoe, "Gikoi heap" (Phoradendron sp.) Leaves boiled and liquid drunk. Woman also lies on heated branches. Rheumatism: Creosote bush, "Gikoi", (Covillea Glutinosa) Lay heated branches on joints. Sore Feet: Same: Hold feet in smoke made by smouldering green branches. Childbirth: Creosote Bush. Woman lies on heated branches; dried pulverized leaves steeped in hot water, and liquid rubbed on …