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List of Plants Arranged According to Native Name — Continued 



Native name 



( iommoD name 



Native name 



Common name 



Wlnabojo' noko'mis 

 wi'nizlsun'. 



Wi'nibldja'bibaga'no 



Wini'slbugons' 



Painted-cup. 



("hick weed. 



Wintergreen. 



Aster. 



Wi'sflgibug'. 



Wi'sugi'mltlgo'mle 



Wi'sugidji'blk 



Ze'sub _ 



Zi'glnl'ce.. 



Burdock. 

 Bitter oak. 

 Culver's root. 

 False nettle. 

 Harebell. 







An investigation was made to determine whether the plants used 

 medicinally by the Chippewa have a recognized use by the white 

 race. Two reports on this subject were courteously prepared by Dr. 

 W. W. Stockberger, physiologist in charge of drug, poisonous and 

 oil plant investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. The first report shows the medicinal 

 properties of such plants and the second report shows the principal 

 active medicinal constituents of these plants. 



MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF PLANTS USED BY THE 



CHIPPEWA 



The following 69 plants used by the Chippewa are regarded as 

 medicinal by white people, although opinion as to their therapeutic 

 value varies greatly. The few species now officially recognized in 

 the latest editions of the United States Pharmacopoeia and the Na- 

 tional Formulary are designated in the text by the abbreviations 

 U. S. P. IX and N. F. I, respectively. Species recognized in the 

 eighth revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia but no longer 

 official are indicated by U. S. P. VIII. 



The remaining species, some of which were recognized in the 

 earlier Pharmacopoeias, have long been used either in medicine as 

 practiced by certain phj^sicians or as domestic remedies. 



Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Balsam. Pinaceae. Pine family. 



Canada balsam, a liquid oleoresin obtained from this tree, is stimulant, 

 diuretic, occasionally diaphoretic and externally rubefacient. U. S. P. VIII. 

 Achillea millefolium L. Yarrow. Milfoil. Co.ipositae. Composite family. 



The plant is slightly astringent and has been used as an alterative, diuretic, 

 and as a stimulant tonic. 



Acorns calamus L. Sweetfiag. calamus. Araceae. Arum family. 



The rhizome has been employed as an aromatic stimulant and tonic. U. S. P. 

 Till. 



Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. Red baneberry. Ranunctjlaceae. Crowfoot family. 



The rhizome is said to be emeto-purgative and parasiticide. 

 Alnus incana (L.) Moench. Speckled alder. Fagaceae. Beech family. 



The bark is alterative, astringent, and emetic. 



