360 USES OF PLANTS BY THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS  [1TH. ANN. 44 
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System or part affected Symptoms Botanical name Part of plant used 
Diseases of women_____ | Confinement !________- Caltha palustris L.t (Cowslip)___| Root ---_.._-._____ 
Sanicula canadensis L.ft (Bur |____- dose ais. eS 
snakeroot.) 
ID On os = sa sen ere ee | noes fo eer e es eee Asclepias syriaca L.f (Common |__-_- dos ret ese 
milkweed.) 
Dos =t4s2 55 hee | ness ous et 2 eee Prenanthes alba L. (Rattlesnake |_____ ( G Seeerreee ees! 
root.) 
DOzo2-ts-shes eee | ee (Om ahr Ee Cirsium (species doubtful).t |_..-.do_____________ 
(Thistle.) 
Taraxacum officinale Weber.t |-----do_-._...._____ 
(Dandelion.) 
D0: AAR se ee Broken breast ____-___- Prunus (species doubtful). |____- do=s= 
(Plum.) 
Disease of eye___-.-____ Soreness)::.--=2-.=—. Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Torr. |____- G02 eee 
(Jack-in-the-pulpit.) 
3 Do eS ee ee Se eee ees Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt. |__-_- dosatese2-2 222) 
(Pipsissiwa.) 
Dn a Senta ee nt Ee eee Ere Cornus alternifolia L.f. ¢ (Dog- |--_-- dosssx eee 2 
wood.) 
IDoLss-Fsane See ee | el Re eee se Se Cornus alternifera L. f.t----------- Soe Ore ene eens 
Cornus stolonifera Michx., (Red- |____- dom. shee ee 
osier dogwood.) 
Alnus incana (L.) Moench. |----- dOi=-<2sseacee! 
(Alder.) 
Dose ese see sand ee eee) eee Fe Heuchera hispida Pursh, (Alum- }|____- dos. 
root.) 
Dozeessas- Ss eee Soreness==22_-2=-- = = Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill. f------ Leaves: -- Sato) 
1D ees S| Cataract.=-2--2.-2-.24 Rosa (species doubtful). (Rose) --} Inner bark of root_ 
Rubus strigosus Michx. (Red |____- dose: See zeee 
raspberry.) 
DOscsesencsaccesee Sty or inflammation | Hordeum jubatum L. (Squirrel- | Root__---~-----___ 
of lid. tail.) 
Dota ee eee Stysese- ese Streptopus roseus Michx. (Twist- |____- dost ===eaae=- 
ed-stalk.) 
Disease of ear__--_..--- Sorenesssers. 2-8 as e= Apocynum androsaemifolium L. |____- dotss~ ee S 
(Dogbane). 
DOrs5- = 8 ee do anocesseeentaaes Aster nemoralis Ait. (Aster)_--_|__--- dol 4-42. Scee= 
1 A young Chippewa woman whose husband was unable to support a large family said that her mother 
told her of an herb to prevent childbearing and that she took it. In this connection it is interesting to 
note that a physician of more than 20 years’ experience in the Indian Service told the writer that on all 
the reservations where he had been stationed he was aware that the Indian women used such an herb 
and that he had not seen any injurious results from its use. ’ 
} Plants thus marked are mentioned in the United States Pharmacopeia. (See p. 299.) 
