344 USES OF PLANTS' BY 



THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 44 



System or part affected 



Symptoms 



Botanical name 



Part of plant used 



Digestive system. 

 Do 



Do- 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do- 



Do. 



Pain in stomach. 

 ....do 



....do... 



....do... 

 Colic—. 



do... 



Cramps. 



do-. 



....do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



Dysentery. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



_do. 



Physic (use of). 



Heuchera hispida Pursh. (Alum- 

 root). 



Polygonum persicaria L. (Smart- 

 weed.) 



Polygonum punctatum Ell. 



(Smart-weed.) 

 Rhus hirtatL.). Sudw. (Staghorn 



sumac.) 



Stachys palustris L.t (Hedge- 

 nettle.) 



Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) 



Nutt. (Meadow parsnip.) 

 Quercus macrocarpa Muhl. (Bur 



oak.) 



Viburnum acerifolium L.f (white 

 oak). (Arrowwood.) 



Prunus virginiana L.f (Choke- 

 cherry.) 



Solidago. (Goldenrod) — _ 



Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) 

 Michx. (Blue cohosh.) 



Sanguinaria canadensis L. (Blood- 

 root.) 



Artemisia dracunculoides Pursh t 

 (llowering plant). (Mugwort.) 



Bursa bursa-pastoris (L.) Brit- 

 ton, t (Shepherd's purse.) 



Urtica gracilis Ait.f (Nettle) 



Salix (species doubtful). (Wil- 

 low.) 



Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb. 



(Five-finger.) 

 Heuchera (species doubtful). 



(Alum-root.) 

 Amelanchier canadensis (L.) 



Medic. (Shadbush.) 



Potentilla palustris (L.) Scop.t 



(Marshlocks.) 

 Rhus glabra L.f (Sumac) 



Rubus strigosus Michx. (Red 



raspberry.) 

 Acorus calamus L.t (Calamus).. 



Root ._ 



Flowers, leaves 



....do 



Flowers 



Leaves fresh or dry 



Root 



....do 



Inner bark 



do 



Root 



do 



do... 



Leaves and top.. 



Entire plant 



Root... 

 -...do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



The portion used 

 is a growth 

 which some- 

 times appears 

 on the tree. 



Root... 

 ....do. 



_do. 



.do. 



Celastrus scandens L. (Bitter- 

 sweet.) 



t Plants thus marked are mentioned in the United States Pharmacopoeia. (See p. 299.) 



