Search for salix humilis found 28 matches:

Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of bark taken to check bowels.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Decoction or infusion of bark used as a wash to make the hair grow.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Bark used as a poultice.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Febrifuge)
Infusion taken for fever.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Respiratory Aid)
Root chewed by ball players "for wind."
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Throat Aid)
Infusion of inner bark taken for lost voice and root chewed for hoarseness.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Cherokee Drug (Tonic)
Bark used as a tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 61)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Delaware Drug (Venereal Aid)
Infusion of roots and other plants used for scrofula and venereal disease.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 34)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Compound infusion of plant used for scrofula.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1942 A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission (p. 29, 78)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug (Venereal Aid)
Compound infusion of plant used for venereal disease.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1942 A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission (p. 29, 78)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Menominee Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Root taken from shrub bearing insect galls and used for dysentery and diarrhea.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 52)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Menominee Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Root taken only from shrub bearing insect galls and used for spasmodic colic.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 52)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Menominee Drug (Tonic)
Decoction of stalk taken as a general tonic.
Densmore, Francis 1932 Menominee Music. SI-BAE Bulletin #102 (p. 133)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Meskwaki Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of root used for flux and enemas.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 245)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Meskwaki Drug (Hemostat)
Leaves used for stopping a hemorrhage.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 245)


Salix humilis Marsh.
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Meskwaki Drug (Laxative)
Infusion of root used for flux and giving enemas.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 245)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Catawba Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Plant used for sore nipples.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 13)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Catawba Drug (Oral Aid)
Infusion of roots used as a wash for children with sore mouths.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 13)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Catawba Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Infusion of roots used as a wash for children with sore mouths.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 13)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Delaware Drug (Reproductive Aid)
Infusion of roots used by women for displacement of the womb.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 34)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Delaware Drug (Venereal Aid)
Infusion of plant and roots of other plants used for scrofula and venereal disease.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 34)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Analgesic)
Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 208)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 208)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Eye Medicine)
Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 208)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Febrifuge)
Infusion of plant taken and rubbed on the body for high fevers.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 202)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Febrifuge)
Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 208)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Hunting Medicine)
Infusion of plant used as a hunting medicine to increase hunting luck.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 371)


Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs
Prairie Willow; Salicaceae
Seminole Drug (Other)
Plant used to make a medicine and given to students in medical training.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 103)