(database accessed August 2005)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Catawba Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of leaves taken for dysentery.
Speck, Frank G. 1937 Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices.
Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197 (p.
188)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Catawba Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of leaves taken for bloody dysentery.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 7)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Catawba Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Infusion of leaves taken for colic and stomach disorders.
Speck, Frank G. 1937 Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices. Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197 (p. 188)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Catawba Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Cold infusion of leaves taken for colic and stomach disorders.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 7)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Antirheumatic (Internal))
Taken for rheumatism.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Carminative)
Taken for flatulent colic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Cough Medicine)
Taken for coughs.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Febrifuge)
Tonic used for child bed 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. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Tonic used to strengthen womb and root prevented abortion.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Liver Aid)
Taken for jaundice.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Taken for lung diseases.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Tonic)
Tonic used for child bed fever and to strengthen womb.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Taken for consumption.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Urinary Aid)
Taken for "strangury," or slow, painful urination.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 57)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Abortifacient)
Root used as an emmenagogue.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 54)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Root used as a stomachic.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 54)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Tonic)
Root used as a tonic.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 54)
Aletris farinosa L.
White Colicroot; Liliaceae
Rappahannock Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Infusion of plant given to women and girls for "female troubles."
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter 1942 Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures. Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55. (p. 34)
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