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  LIST 
  OF 
  PLANTS 
  USED. 
  327 
  

  

  country 
  is 
  not 
  employed 
  as 
  a 
  medicine." 
  The 
  Chinese 
  name, 
  ginseng, 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  fancied 
  resemblance 
  of 
  the 
  root 
  to 
  a 
  human 
  figure, 
  while 
  in 
  

   the 
  Cherokee 
  formulas 
  it 
  is 
  addressed 
  as 
  the 
  "great 
  man" 
  or 
  " 
  little 
  man," 
  and 
  

   this 
  resemblance 
  no 
  doubt 
  has 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  estimation 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   held 
  by 
  both 
  peoples. 
  

  

  15. 
  U 
  tsati 
  UwadsIska=" 
  fish 
  scales," 
  from 
  shape 
  of 
  leaves 
  — 
  Thalictrum 
  anemo- 
  

  

  noides 
  — 
  Meadow 
  Rue: 
  Decoction 
  of 
  root 
  drunk 
  for 
  diarrhea 
  with 
  vomiting. 
  

   Dispensatory: 
  Not 
  named. 
  

  

  16. 
  K'kwe 
  Ulasu'la=" 
  partridge 
  moccasin" 
  — 
  Cypripedium 
  parviflorum 
  — 
  Lady- 
  

  

  slipper: 
  Decoction 
  of 
  root 
  used 
  for 
  worms 
  in 
  children. 
  In 
  the 
  liquid 
  are 
  

   placed 
  some 
  stalks 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  chickweed 
  or 
  purslane 
  (Cerastium 
  vulga- 
  

   tum) 
  which, 
  from 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  its 
  red 
  fleshy 
  stalks, 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  

   some 
  connection 
  with 
  worms. 
  Dispensatory 
  : 
  Described 
  as 
  ' 
  ' 
  a 
  gentle 
  nervous 
  

   stimulant 
  " 
  useful 
  in 
  diseases 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  nerves 
  are 
  especially 
  affected. 
  The 
  

   other 
  herb 
  is 
  not 
  named. 
  

  

  17. 
  A'hawI 
  AkA 
  ta 
  — 
  " 
  deer 
  eye." 
  from 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  — 
  Rudbeckia 
  

  

  fulgida 
  — 
  Cone 
  Flower: 
  Decoction 
  of 
  root 
  drunk 
  for 
  flux 
  and 
  for 
  sonic 
  private 
  

   diseases; 
  also 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  wasli 
  for 
  snake 
  bitesand 
  swellings 
  caused 
  by 
  (mythic) 
  

   tsgaya 
  or 
  worms; 
  also 
  dropped 
  into 
  weak 
  or 
  inflamed 
  eyes. 
  This 
  last 
  is 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  from 
  the 
  supposed 
  connection 
  between 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  flower 
  resembling 
  

   the 
  eye. 
  Dispensatory: 
  Not 
  named. 
  

  

  18. 
  UtIstugI' 
  — 
  Polygonatum 
  niultifloiuni 
  latifoliuin 
  — 
  Solomon's 
  Seal: 
  Root 
  heated 
  

  

  and 
  bruised 
  and 
  applied 
  as 
  a 
  poultice 
  to 
  remove 
  an 
  ulcerating 
  swelling 
  called 
  

   tu'sti', 
  resembling 
  a 
  boil 
  or 
  carbuncle. 
  Dispensatory: 
  This 
  species 
  acts 
  like 
  

   P. 
  uniflorum, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  lie 
  emetic 
  In 
  former 
  times 
  it 
  was 
  used 
  exter- 
  

   nally 
  in 
  bruises, 
  especially 
  those 
  about 
  the 
  eyes, 
  iu 
  tumors, 
  wounds, 
  and 
  

   cutaneous 
  eruptions 
  and 
  was 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  as 
  a 
  cosmetic. 
  At 
  present 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  employed, 
  though 
  recommended 
  by 
  Hermann 
  as 
  a 
  good 
  remedy 
  in 
  

   gout 
  and 
  rheumatism." 
  This 
  species 
  in 
  decoction 
  lias 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  produce 
  

   "nausea, 
  a 
  cathartic 
  effect 
  and 
  either 
  diaphoresis 
  or 
  diuresis," 
  and 
  is 
  useful 
  

   "as 
  an 
  internal 
  remedy 
  in 
  piles, 
  and 
  externally 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  decoction, 
  

   in 
  the 
  affection 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  poisonous 
  exhalations 
  of 
  

   certain 
  plants." 
  

  

  19. 
  Amadita'ti=" 
  water 
  dipper," 
  because 
  water 
  can 
  be 
  sucked 
  up 
  through 
  its 
  hol- 
  

  

  low 
  stalk 
  — 
  Eupatorium 
  purpureum 
  — 
  Queen 
  of 
  the 
  Meadow, 
  Gravel 
  Root: 
  

   Root 
  used 
  in 
  decoction 
  with 
  a 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  plant 
  called 
  Amadita'ti 
  u'tauu, 
  

   or 
  "large 
  water 
  dipper" 
  (not 
  identified) 
  for 
  difficult 
  urination. 
  Dispensa- 
  

   tory: 
  " 
  Said 
  to 
  operate 
  as 
  a 
  diuretic. 
  Its 
  vulgar 
  name 
  of 
  gravel 
  root 
  indi- 
  

   cates 
  the 
  popular 
  estimation 
  of 
  its 
  virtues." 
  The 
  genus 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  tonic, 
  

   diaphoretic, 
  and 
  in 
  large 
  doses 
  emetic 
  and 
  aperient. 
  

  

  20. 
  YaNA 
  UtsEsta^=" 
  the 
  bear 
  lies 
  on 
  it 
  " 
  — 
  Aspidium 
  acrostichoides 
  — 
  Shield 
  Fern: 
  

  

  Root 
  decoction 
  drunk 
  to 
  produce 
  vomiting, 
  and 
  also 
  used 
  to 
  rub 
  on 
  the 
  skin, 
  

   after 
  scratching, 
  for 
  rheumatism 
  — 
  in 
  both 
  cases 
  some 
  other 
  plant 
  is 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  decoction; 
  the 
  warm 
  decoction 
  is 
  also 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  mouth 
  to 
  relieve 
  tooth- 
  

   ache. 
  Dispensatory: 
  Not 
  named. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  this 
  list 
  may 
  be 
  sum- 
  

   marized 
  as 
  follows: 
  Of 
  the 
  twenty 
  plants 
  described 
  as 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  

   Cherokees, 
  seven 
  (Nos. 
  %, 
  -1, 
  5, 
  13, 
  15. 
  17, 
  and 
  30) 
  are 
  not 
  noticed 
  in 
  

   the 
  Dispensatory 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  plants 
  sometimes 
  used 
  although 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  not 
  officinal. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  

   seven 
  plants 
  have 
  medical 
  properties, 
  but 
  this 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  true 
  of 
  

   a 
  larger 
  number 
  unless 
  we 
  are 
  disposed 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  

  

  