Search for Dichanthelium found 14 matches:
Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould
Openflower Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Analgesic)
Infusion of leaves rubbed on the abdomen for labor pains.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 323)
Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould
Openflower Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Antirheumatic (External))
Whole plant used for rabbit sickness: muscular cramps.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 194)
Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould
Openflower Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Cough Medicine)
Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 236)
Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould
Openflower Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 236)
Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould
Openflower Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Throat Aid)
Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 236)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes
Heller's Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Lakota Drug (Poison)
Plant poisonous to horses.
Rogers, Dilwyn J 1980 Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota. St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety (p. 30)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould
Scribner's Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Decoction of plant used ceremonially for "snake infection."
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 17)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould
Scribner's Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Disinfectant)
Decoction of plant used ceremonially for "snake infection."
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 17)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould
Scribner's Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Kiowa Food (Fodder)
Used to fatten horses very quickly.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes 1939 The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians. Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 16)
Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens (Griseb.) Freckmann
Roughhair Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Analgesic)
Infusion of leaves rubbed on the abdomen for labor pains.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 323)
Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens (Griseb.) Freckmann
Roughhair Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Antirheumatic (External))
Whole plant used for rabbit sickness: muscular cramps.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 194)
Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens (Griseb.) Freckmann
Roughhair Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Cough Medicine)
Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 236)
Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens (Griseb.) Freckmann
Roughhair Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 236)
Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens (Griseb.) Freckmann
Roughhair Rosette Grass; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Throat Aid)
Infusion of plant taken & used as bath for gopher-tortoise sickness: cough, dry throat, noisy chest.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 236)