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… called sweet potatoes. "Sand grass"; "Way" Ripe seed ground for soup. "Little Queen Anne's Lace"; "Hoonibe", from Elko; "Bia-natsu" Root which grows in rocks cooked for food. Very old people used this root medicinally but way has been lost. "Wild currant"; "Bo-gumbe" Fruit eaten and jelly made. "Wild celery"; "Horbe" Tops and roots eaten raw. Emetic, if eaten too much. Asclepias speciosa Milkweed; "Kose-wich" Juice used to cure ringworm. Whole plant known to be poisonous. "Small flowered dogwood"; "Gwin'jera" Long shoots peeled and used for baby baskets. Will bend greatly without breaking. "Juniper"; "Sam-mabe" T …
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Leptotaenia multifida "ntoh-sup", "ntoh-sah", "ntoh-san", "ntosan", "ntodzan", "ntawzah", "ntoh-sah-ven", "ntoh-am-sam-ven", "ntoh-sah-an", "ntoh-sah-ah" (P); "ntoh-aw-sa-ven", "ntodza", "ndozan", "ntodsa", "ntoisan", "ntodsa pahmo" (P&S); "ndoza", "ndozan", "windian balsam", "mountain parsley", "pagoon" (Ute); "cough root" Antiseptics: root boiled, decoction used as wash for skin rash. root pounded to a pulp, placed on wire cuts on horses. Action is that of peroxide, foaming when placed on cut. Considered an antiseptic. Asthma: root dried and smoked. Beverage: tea taken for sore throat. Bronchitis: roots boiled, …
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40 REVISTA SUDAMERICANA DE BOTANICA. VOL. VI N° 1/2 (Crowfoot) Dactyloctenium aegyptium is not same as Eleusine indica (Dahlia) Dahlia variabilis (Dandelion) Taraxacum vulgare (Dandelion) not very abundant but rare; confused with Hypochaeris or Reichardia (Euphorbia) Euphorbia loricifolia (Grapefruit) Citrus grandis (Grasses) Some 49 species (Grasses) Bromus unioloides (Grasses) Digitaria violacea [sic] (Grasses) Rhaphis aciculata (Grasses) Tricholaena rosea (Hala) Pandanus odoratissimus (Horseradish) Armoracia lapathifolia (Jack Fruit) Artocarpus integrifolia (Jesuit Nut) Trapa bicornis (Kaapi) Feronia limoniata …
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… grains to an adult. The powder is preferable to the decoction or infusion. = (Synepis - Polysami superflua) Artemisia Nobilis. Common camomile. This plant is a native of Europe. The flowers are the best employed in medicine. It is preferable to most of the other bitters. Preferred by Morton to Peruvian bark. Used by Pringle in dysentery for relieving torments. = (Synepis - Polysami superflua) Tanacetum Vulgare. Common tansy. Is not as medicinally of such powers as the chamomile; this it possesses considerably tonic properties. It had almost gone out of use when G. Black of Edin's recommended it in cases of pust.
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… of techniques for making some edible product from the grated roots. The leaves of the plant are sometimes eaten as a vegetable, particularly in West Africa, where the native population boils the leaves and uses them as we would spinach. This use is not common, however, in the areas where the plants are native. Even the poisonous, extracted juice is turned into a useful product. Since prussic acid is volatile, it can be dispelled from the liquid by long continuous simmering. Frequently, where the bitter varieties are commonly raised, one may find a pot of juice simmering over the fire, and after some time, the jui …
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Percy Train Lower Rochester, Nev. Page 3 Medicinal and food uses of some Nevada plants, cont'd. 13. BALSAMORHIZA hirsuta (Key-gah-da-Goop) Classed as especially "good medicine". First used by the Indians around Bishop, Calif., the word was passed on north and into Nevada around Smith Valley and Walker River. This information then spread to McDermitt and Summit Lake reservations. The roots is boiled, the resulting solution appearing like a thin yellow soup. Used internally in bad stomach diseases and bladder trouble. (Plant noted in the Martin Creek basin of this range.) 14. LEWISIA rediviva (Ki-neech) Montana bit …
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… h", "nut-sah-av", "we-kee-voe-eh-tan", "toh-hawk-queen (P)", "pes-gee-wanna", "bee-sha-wannup", "kose'wich", "be-sha-no-ko", "ube-ja-no-ko", "div-oh-wip" (large milk plant) (S); "milk weed" Antiseptic: Calouses: latex applied. Corns: latex applied. Cuts: latex applied. Diarrhoea: roots boiled, less than 1 cup of decoction taken to relieve bloody diarrhoea. Gum: latex chewed. milk to whole plants whipped on breasts to start milk flow. Milk - to produce: roots boiled, decoction used as a wash. Rheumatism: skin - sores: milk applied. snake bite: ripe seeds boiled after silk is removed. Only small amount of water use …
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Gilia congesta "quoy-hee nooma na-tiz-u-ah" (P); "wit-toy nut-zoo" (emetic medicine), "bas-oh-nup", "hoo-ni", "mbee-an-du-hun", "whoe-kmin", "ubihevah", "nbi-hevan", "mhee-voh nut-zoo", "nsah-tone-zee", "zee-yung", "wbee-hee-vah", "mbee-nipu", "mbe-hee-vah", "mbe-hee-vah", "mquoya-nut-tan-zoom", "whoenii", "mbee-hee-vah", "mbe-hee-vah", "nhoon", "whee-voh-nut-zoo", "que-dah-nut-zoo" (S); "twem-seen" (W); "rock cress", "white rock cress" Biliousness: plant boiled, decoction taken in 1/2 cup dose. Blood purifier: plant boiled, decoction taken in less than 1/2 cup dose. Blood tonic: plant boiled, decoction taken ove …
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Report 34 Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1937 + food Medicinal uses & some near-do-plants at Sankt Valentin - Vordorne Bicken Indian trade two Root Plants & miscellaneous plants same Roy Zahn
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Report on Indian Uses of Plants by Indians of Elko colony. Page 2. Juniper "Samabe", SH. Tea from leaves for colds, swellings, and kidney trouble. Berries are not used. In Indian folk-lore they belong to "Coyote" who tried to make pine-nuts, - failed. Pine-nut tree "Pabapash". Nuts used for food. Roasted. Then ground for flour. Indian tea "Tsurupé" PASH. Slender twigs dried and aromatic tea made from them. Water added for soup. (cm.424) String milkweed "Esha wana", SH. Gum made from milky juice. Outside fiber after frost is used for stringing, which is used for fishline or for nets. (cm.426) Cactus, Pricklypear " …
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… nza and preferred to rodosa but not thought to be quite as good as HBI-Heva which is emetic after the third dose. 7256 M 498 Helianthus "Pa-ak" perhaps? Not "Ah-Kerh or "Nostuk". Indian use: seed used when others fail, considered dry and tasteless. 8* Coll. 7257 M 499 Asclepias "Ksha-wana" (S) Indian use: when frost comes, strip outer skin from plant stretch it and roll tough on the knee with twirling motion of thumb. Results in string tough as fishing line. 7258 M 500 Artemisia "Sagebrush" "Hensbe" "Bawlumbe" (S) Shrub 5-5 ft. high. Indian use: tea for colds and for physic made from leaves. Tiny seed was formerl …
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A CHECKLIST OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN VASCULAR PLANTS Liste der Gefässpflanzen Mitteleuropas, herausgegeben von F. Ehrendorfer. Zweite, erweiterte Auflage bearbeitet von W. Gutermann, unter Mitwirkung von H. Niklfeld und mit Beiträgen von A. Borhidi, F. Ehrendorfer, E. Ernest, M. Fischer, J. Futák, J. Holub, H.-W. Lach, A. Neumann, A. Poltschek, Sz. Prisztzer, W. Seuer, R. Soó, F. Speta, H. Teppner, W. Titz, H. E. Weber, u.a. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1973. XII + 518 pp., cardboard cover. Price DM 18. At times when the population explosion seems to be greater than the increase in the production of food and othe …
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- 326 - die Pflanze besitzt wichtige Eigenschaften, sonst würde sie nicht an solch isolierten Plätzen wie in Samoa und den Neuen Hebriden verwendet werden. Die Samoaner pressen den Saft aus und gebrauchen ihn auf Tapa als Beizmittel für verschiedene Farben, als Lack und als die gewöhnlich- ste braune Farbe. Die Einwohner der Neuen Hebriden kochen die Rinde Schnitt- in Salzwasser und verteilen die entstehende Flüssigkeit auf Wunden. Wir fanden wiederum den 7 - 12 m hohen Baum, Alphitonia zizyphoides, eine Rhamnaceae. Alcisiio kannte ihn unter dem Namen ndoi. Er bezeichnete das Holz als gut für Hauspfosten, die nic …
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Page 2 Artemisia gnaphalodes Flu: tops boiled, decoction taken. Plants placed on coals, patient lies on plants. Steam bath produced sweat to drive out sickness. Hair - dye: tops boiled, bottled, decoction combed on hair every day to dye it black. Headache: leaves steeped in basket, applied to head. Leaves boiled, decoction used. Itch: plant boiled, decoction used as a wash. Liniment: raw leaves pounded, applied. Plant boiled, decoction used after sweat bath as a rub-down. Menstruation: tea and steam bath from plant used. Plant boiled, hot decoction taken. Milk - to produce: bundles of heated leaves tied to women' …
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… boiled for a tea, taken as a medicine drink for gonorrhea. 21. Dalea Fremontii (F) I-era-midje, meaning "turtle leg" Tea from the tops for sickness, but what kind could be discovered be MISCELLANEOUS PLANT USES 1. T 1851. (P) Pah-ope. Red berries boiled, brew cooled, used as a food beverage. 2. Asclepias sp. (Milkweed) (P) Wee-eve-ump. Gum from milk for children to chew. Roots pounded up, mashed, placed in a bag and doused up and down in water for soap, shampoo for hair. 4. T 1917 (Devil's Horn, Devil's claw) (P) Children eat the seeds / A permanent back stain is obtained from the seed pods skin which is used in …
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Washoe Medicinal plants, cont'd: 12. Abies concolor (White fir) Mah-hah-wa The resin gum which forms in blisters just under the bark of the white fir is gathered in a jar or can and eaten by sufferers from tuberculosis. When asked about dosage or quantity, the informant said they eat a little of the gum each day till they are cured. 13. Angelica breweri Dah-hah-mo-mo dah-o-pah-phu-le This means: Dah-hab-mo-mo, referring to the structure of the flower having many little balls Bronchitis medicine. Root dried and scraped pieces soaked in water, not boiled. Solution given just a few teaspoonsful at a day for a period …
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… r. 7298 M 547 "Wild parsnip" 3-3½ ft. tall. Flw. white. Root of plant used as raw poultice-no part used internally 7299 M 548 Umbelliferae "wild parsnip" Flw. whites similar to M 547 but Indians insist two plants are distinct. Root of plant used as raw poultice-no part used internally. 7300 M 549 Mentha spicata "Horsemint" "Psal-lure-it" (W) 18-24 in. high. Flw. white-grays mint odor. Indian use for colds or rheumatism make tea from dried leaves. 7302 M 550 Carlina biebersteinii 2-3 ft. tall. Flw. magenta not used by Indians. Indians say seed was blown in by cyclone a few years ago. 7303 M 551 Achillea millefoliu …
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from various types of fungi. The Actinomycetes, the Ascomycetes, the Basidiomycetes and the Fungi Imperfect each have members producing one type of antibiotic. Penicillin, the antibiotic derived from Penicillium chrysogenum is a well known substance, and its history well documented. (See Chapter on fermentation.) However, discovery of the use of penicillin was made on a slightly different level than the discovery of most drugs that had been discovered earlier. Many valuable drugs were known to very primitive societies, and their application adapted by modern medicine after some time of skepticism on the part of p …
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Report No 67 Sept.4,1939 INDIAN MEDICINAL USES OF SOME NEVADA PLANTS Round Mountain Shoshones Round Mt.Nye Co.Nevada. Information secured from the following informants by Feracy Train, Agent, U.S.Bureau of Plant Industry. Jennie Johnnie (Aunt of Mrs.Lena weeks at Stillwater Pansy Weeks, Shoshone, daughter-in-law of Mrs.L.W. Ida Smith, Shoshone wife of Big Ike, deceased, Emma Ike, Smokey Valley medicine man 1. Monardella odoratissima (wild pennyroyal) (S) Guw-moh This group of Shoshones use a tea made of the leaves and stems as a pleasant cooling beverage, being fond of the mint flavor. In the old days they said t …
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… as external antiseptic wash in measles and smallpox cases, also for itch and skin eruptions, rash. Tops boiled, small doses taken internally in smallpox cases. Tops boiled with pine nut pine pitch as wash for skin rash. 24. Artemisia tridentata (S) Boh-hobe Tops boiled, hot tea for colds. Ripe seeds eaten when ground, made into a mush. Miscellaneous plant names: Geranium viscosissimum Equisetum sp. Cercocarpus ledifolius Mentzelia laevicaulis Lriogonum sp. Oenothera hookeri Prunus andersonii Balsamorhiza karsuta Stanleya pinnata Agastache urticifolia Asclepias speciosa Wyethia ampliflexicaulis Smilacina liliaceae