Search for Ophioglossaceae found 15 matches:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Abnaki Drug (Other)
Used as a demulcent.
Rousseau, Jacques 1947 Ethnobotanique Abenakise. Archives de Folklore 11:145-182 (p. 155)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Abnaki Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Decoction of plant given to children with illness.
Rousseau, Jacques 1947 Ethnobotanique Abenakise. Archives de Folklore 11:145-182 (p. 162)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Abnaki Drug (Unspecified)
Decoction of plant given to children with illness.
Rousseau, Jacques 1947 Ethnobotanique Abenakise. Archives de Folklore 11:145-182 (p. 162)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Cherokee Drug (Emetic)
Decoction of roots taken to cause vomiting.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 4)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Cherokee Drug (Snake Bite Remedy)
Decoction of root "boiled down to syrup" and rubbed on snake bite.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 34)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Chickasaw Drug (Diaphoretic)
Plant used as a diaphoretic.
Campbell, T.N. 1951 Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290 (p. 288,289)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Chickasaw Drug (Emetic)
Decoction of root used as an emetic.
Campbell, T.N. 1951 Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290 (p. 288,289)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Chickasaw Drug (Expectorant)
Decoction of root used as an emetic and plant used as an expectorant.
Campbell, T.N. 1951 Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290 (p. 288,289)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Chippewa Drug (Snake Bite Remedy)
Poultice of mashed, fresh root applied to snakebite and used as repellant.
Densmore, Frances 1928 Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379 (p. 352)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Plant said to be good for lung trouble.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 377)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Plant said to be good for consumption.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 377)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Ojibwa, South Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of bruised root applied to cuts.
Hoffman, W.J. 1891 The Midewiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa. SI-BAE Annual Report #7 (p. 201)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Potawatomi Drug (Unspecified)
Compound containing root used medicinally.
Smith, Huron H. 1933 Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230 (p. 67)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Iroquois Drug (Cough Medicine)
Cold infusion of root and liquor taken for the cough of consumption.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 261)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Rattlesnake Fern; Ophioglossaceae
Iroquois Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Cold infusion of root and liquor taken for the cough of consumption.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 261)