Search for uvularia found 18 matches:
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Menominee Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Plant used for swellings.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 41)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Analgesic)
Root used for stomach pain, perhaps pleurisy.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 374)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Root used for stomach pain, perhaps pleurisy.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 374)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Root used for "pain in the solar plexus, which may mean pleurisy."
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 374)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Potawatomi Drug (Analgesic)
Infusion of root used for backache or with lard as a salve for sore muscles.
Smith, Huron H. 1933 Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230 (p. 56, 57)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Potawatomi Drug (Orthopedic Aid)
Infusion of root mixed with lard and used as salve to massage sore muscles and tendons.
Smith, Huron H. 1933 Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230 (p. 64)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm.
Largeflower Bellwort; Liliaceae
Potawatomi Drug (Orthopedic Aid)
Infusion of root used for backaches.
Smith, Huron H. 1933 Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230 (p. 64)
Uvularia perfoliata L.
Perfoliate Bellwort; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Cough Medicine)
Infusion of roots given to children as cough medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 280)
Uvularia perfoliata L.
Perfoliate Bellwort; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Eye Medicine)
Infusion of smashed roots used as a wash for sore eyes of any degree.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 280)
Uvularia perfoliata L.
Perfoliate Bellwort; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Orthopedic Aid)
Plant used several ways, internally and externally, for broken bones.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 280)
Uvularia perfoliata L.
Perfoliate Bellwort; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Infusion of roots given to children as cough medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 280)
Uvularia perfoliata L.
Perfoliate Bellwort; Liliaceae
Cherokee Food (Unspecified)
Plants boiled, fried and eaten with fat.
Witthoft, John 1977 Cherokee Indian Use of Potherbs. Journal of Cherokee Studies 2(2):250-255 (p. 252)
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Sessileleaf Bellwort; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of root taken for diarrhea.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 25)
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Sessileleaf Bellwort; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Used as poultice for boils.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 25)
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Sessileleaf Bellwort; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Blood Medicine)
Infusion of roots taken as a blood purifier.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 281)
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Sessileleaf Bellwort; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Orthopedic Aid)
Infusion of roots taken and roots used as a poultice for broken bones.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 281)
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Sessileleaf Bellwort; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Hunting Medicine)
Root used as a part of the hunting medicine to bring a buck deer near the hunter.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 430)
Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Sessileleaf Bellwort; Liliaceae
Cherokee Food (Vegetable)
Leaves eaten as cooked greens.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 25)