50 ETHNOBOTANY OF THE ZUNI INDIANS [bth. ann. 30 



Eriogonum jamesii Benth. Polygonace^. Buckwheat family. 



Ta'loo', 'wood strong or hard to break,' in reference to the root 

 of the plant. 

 This is administered for sore tongue. The theurgist places a bit 

 of the root in the patient's mouth, where it remains a day and a 

 night, except when removed so the patient may eat. The mouth is 

 washed with water after eating and the piece of root returned to 

 the mouth. When the theurgist removes the root he places with it 

 a piece of tm-quoise and white shell beads, and deposits all in an 

 excavation in the river bottom in order that it may go to Ko'hiwala'wa, 

 Abiding Place of the Council of the Gods.' 



Erysimum sp. Bbassicace^. Mustard family. 



Ha'sikaTilto'we. 

 The entire plant is ground and mixed with a small quantity of 

 water, and the infusion is applied to the forehead and temples to 

 relieve headache caused by exposure to heat. This medicme is also 

 rubbed over the exposed parts of the body to prevent simbum, and 

 the top of the head is often bathed ^\ath it before one goes into the 

 sun.^ 



Eupatorium occidentale arizonicum A. Gray. CARDUACEiE. 

 Thistle family. 



Ha'Jcochi, 'rat leaf (hayha'li, leaf; Tco'chi, a species of rat). 

 The blossoms are combined with those of other plants, including 

 the blossoms of the native squash, in the preparation of pats, or 

 cakes, by the Shu'maakwe,' who make them annually with great 

 ceremony in the fraternity chamber. This plant belongs solely to 

 the Shu'maakwe, when combmed in the pats, wluch are regarded as a 

 specific for rheumatism and swellings. It is m great demand by the 

 people generally, and there is seldom a time when male or female 

 theurgists are not treating patients with it in then homes. A portion 

 of a cake is broken into a small quantity of water and the mfusion 

 applied externally, the theurgist praying m a low tone while he rubs 

 gently with the medicine.* 



^Be»S3d Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Elhn.,p. 20. 



2 For ceremonial use of Erysimum, see p. 92. When this plant is employed ceremonially it bears the 

 name ha'lini tsan'na ' leaf long small ' (ha<ha'li, leaf; li'ni, long; Uan'na, small). 



8 See SSd Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Ellin., p. 543. 



< A guest of the «Titer, while at Zuui, was troubled with a swelling the size of a hen's egg, on her cheek. 

 It was thought she would be obliged to make a joimiey to a physician, but it was decided to try first the 

 Shu'maakwe medicine. A female theurgist was summoned, and after three treatments, one each day, the 

 swelling had disappeared entirely. There was no recurrence of the trouble. 



Later the writer suffered from rheumatism in the right shoulder, and consulted a physician. Alter many 

 days of treatment without relief, she called in a Shu'maakwe doctor, and six applications of the medicine 

 above described resulted in her complete recovery. 



Regarding E. perfoliatum L., Rafinesque ( Med. Bot., vol. I, p. 177) says: "A valuable sudorific, tonic, 

 alterative, antiseptic, cathartic, emetic, febrifuge, corroborant, diuretic, astringent, deobstnient and 

 stimulant. It was one of the most powerful remedies of the native tribes for fevers, etc. " 



