Search for symplocarpus found 36 matches:

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Abnaki Drug (Antirheumatic (External))
Used for swellings.
Rousseau, Jacques 1947 Ethnobotanique Abenakise. Archives de Folklore 11:145-182 (p. 153)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Chippewa Drug (Cough Medicine)
Infusion of roots taken as a cough medicine.
Gilmore, Melvin R. 1933 Some Chippewa Uses of Plants. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press (p. 124)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Delaware Drug (Analgesic)
Poultice of crushed leaves applied for pain.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 37)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Delaware Drug (Misc. Disease Remedy)
Small portions of leaves chewed for epilepsy.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 37)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Delaware Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Infusion of roots used for whooping cough.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 37)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug (Analgesic)
Poultice of crushed leaves applied for pain.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1942 A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission (p. 31, 80)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug (Anticonvulsive)
Leaves chewed by epileptics.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1942 A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission (p. 31, 80)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug (Cough Medicine)
Infusion of root taken for whooping cough.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1942 A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission (p. 31, 80)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Anthelmintic)
Plant used for children with worms.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 278)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Antirheumatic (External))
Steam from compound decoction of roots used for rheumatism.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice used on bite from a fight or dog and caused the biter's teeth to fall out.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Plant used for bad wounds.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 278)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Compound decoction of upper parts and seeds taken for "falling of the womb."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Decoction of crushed stalks used as a douche for displacement of womb.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Gynecological Aid)
"Pass seed over female genitals to bring about childbirth."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 278)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Used for children with worms.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 278)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Infusion of powdered root taken for consumption.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Drug (Witchcraft Medicine)
Poultice used on bite from a fight or dog and caused the biter's teeth to fall out.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Malecite Drug (Unspecified)
Used for medicines.
Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter 1952 Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7 (p. 6)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Adjuvant)
Root used as a seasoner with medicines.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 23, 24)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Analgesic)
Root used for cramps.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 23, 24)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Anticonvulsive)
Compound infusion of dried, powdered root used by children and adults for convulsions.
Densmore, Francis 1932 Menominee Music. SI-BAE Bulletin #102 (p. 128,129)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of dried root applied to wounds.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 23, 24)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Heart Medicine)
Decoction of root used for "weak heart."
Densmore, Francis 1932 Menominee Music. SI-BAE Bulletin #102 (p. 128,129)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Hemostat)
Root hairs used for hemorrhages.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 23, 24)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Compound infusion used by children or adults for convulsions.
Densmore, Francis 1932 Menominee Music. SI-BAE Bulletin #102 (p. 128)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Menominee Drug (Witchcraft Medicine)
Root used in tattooing, as a talisman against the return of diseases.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 23, 24)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Meskwaki Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of leaf bases applied to swellings.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 203)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Meskwaki Drug (Toothache Remedy)
Fine rootlets or root hairs used for toothache.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 203)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Meskwaki Drug (Unspecified)
Seeds used as medicine.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 203)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Micmac Drug (Analgesic)
Herbs used for headache.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 62)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Mohegan Drug (Anticonvulsive)
Raw leaves rolled and chewed for fits.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1928 Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions. SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270 (p. 268)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Mohegan Drug (Anticonvulsive)
Small piece of leaf eaten for epileptic seizures.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1972 Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3 (p. 75, 132)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Nanticoke Drug (Cold Remedy)
Infusion of leaves taken as a cold medicine.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys 1942 A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission (p. 55, 84)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Food (Vegetable)
Young leaves and shoots cooked and seasoned with salt, pepper or butter.
Waugh, F. W. 1916 Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation. Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines (p. 118)


Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage; Araceae
Iroquois Other (Soap)
Infusion of powdered root used as wash to "cure strong smell under your arm."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 277)