358 USES OF PLANTS BY THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS [bth. ann. 44 



System or part affected 



Symptoms 



Botanical name 



Part of plant used 

 Root 



do 



Stalk 



Root 



....do 



Leaves.. 



Root 



....do 



Root of plant 

 which has white 

 berries. 



Root 



....do... 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Diseases of women. 



Do_ 



Stoppage of periods.. 



.do. 



Do. 



_do. 



Do. 



.do. 



Koellia virginiana (L.) MacM. t 

 (Mountain mint.) 



Sanicula canadensis L.t (Bur 

 snakeroot.) 



Ribes triste Pall. (Red currant). 

 Aralia racemosa L.t (Spikenard) 

 Aralia nudicaulis L.t (Wild sar- 

 saparilla.) 



Tanacetum vulgare L.t (Tansy) 



Do. 

 Do. 



.do. 



-do. 



Do. 



Excessive flowing. 



Do. 



.do. 



Do. 



.do. 



Do. 



Difficult labor- 



Do. 



.do. 



Rubus frondosus Bigel. (Black- 

 berry.) 



Silphium pcrfoliatum L.f (Cup- 

 plant.) 



Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.t (Red 

 baneberry.) 



Amelanchier canadensis (L.) 

 Medic. (Shadbush.) 



Populus tremuloides Michx.f 

 (Aspen.) 



Populus balsamifera L.t (Bal- 

 sam poplar.) 



Solidago rigidiuscula Porter.t 

 (Goldenrod.) 



Alnus incana (L.) Moench. 

 (Alder.) 



t Plants thus marked are mentioned in 



the United States Pharmacopoeia. (See p. 299.) 



