12 entries
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Navajo, Kayenta Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Infusion of plant used as a lotion for ringworm or skin disease.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris 1951 The Ethnobotany of the
Kayenta Navaho. Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press (p. 17)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Nevada Indian Drug (Cold Remedy)
Infusion of dried, whole plant bits taken for colds.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood,
Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 37)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Paiute Drug (Blood Medicine)
Decoction of stalks used to "build up the blood" of pneumonia patients.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer 1941 Medicinal
Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. Washington DC. U.S.
Department of Agriculture (p. 60)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Paiute Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Infusion of dried stalks taken to build up the blood of pneumonia
patients.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer 1941 Medicinal
Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. Washington DC. U.S.
Department of Agriculture (p. 60)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Blood Medicine)
Decoction of stalks used to "build up the blood" of pneumonia patients.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer 1941 Medicinal
Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. Washington DC. U.S.
Department of Agriculture (p. 60)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Infusion of dried stalks taken to build up the blood of pneumonia
patients.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer 1941 Medicinal
Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. Washington DC. U.S.
Department of Agriculture (p. 60)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Iroquois Drug (Basket Medicine)
Infusion of pounded root used as a basket medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 290)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Iroquois Drug (Hunting Medicine)
Root placed in a half cup of water and used to wash guns and clothes as
a hunting medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 291)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Iroquois Drug (Love Medicine)
Infusion of pounded roots used as a love medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 291)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Iroquois Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Compound infusion of roots taken for tuberculosis.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 291)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Iroquois Drug (Veterinary Aid)
Infusion of whole plant added to horse's grain for heaves.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 290)
Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
Summer Coralroot; Orchidaceae
Iroquois Drug (Witchcraft Medicine)
Infusion of pounded roots used as an anti-witch medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 290)
