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  2. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    Juniperus communis – Western American tribes combined the berries of Juniperus communis with Berberis root bark in a herbal tea. Native Americans also used juniper berries as a female contraceptive. [83] Juniperus scopulorum, the leaves and inner bark of which were boiled by some Plateau tribes to create an infusion to treat coughs and fevers.

  3. Navajo medicine - Wikipedia

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    Navajo Indians utilize approximately 450 species for medicinal purposes, the most plant species of any native tribe. Herbs for healing ceremonies are collected by a medicine man accompanied by an apprentice. Patients can also collect these plants for treatment of minor illnesses.

  4. Traditional Alaska Native medicine - Wikipedia

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    The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a Tribal health organization that serves Alaska Native and American Indian people who live in the state of Alaska. The organization provides a variety of services including comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center , wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural ...

  5. Traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    Native Americans used foxglove herb as a treatment for an illness they referred to as dropsy or edema, which is fluid buildup typically in the lower legs, and its common cause is heart failure. [36] In modern medicine, foxglove extract is still used under the name digitalis, and its purpose is to moderate the heart rate. [36]

  6. Medicine man - Wikipedia

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    Native Americans tend to be quite reluctant to discuss issues about medicine or medicine people with non-Indians. In some cultures, the people will not even discuss these matters with American Indians from other tribes. In most tribes, medicine elders are prohibited from advertising or introducing themselves as such.

  7. Aztec medicine - Wikipedia

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    A variety of indigenous Nahua and Novohispanic written works survived from the conquest and later colonial periods that describe aspects of the Aztec system and practice of medicine and its remedies, incantations, practical administration, and cultural underpinnings. Elements of traditional medicinal practices and beliefs are still found among ...

  8. Chumash traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    Research on levels of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), enzymes responsible for alcohol breakdown and clearance, also indicates no biological predisposition to alcoholism for Southwest California Native Americans (such as the Chumash). There is evidence of genetic protective elements against alcohol dependence in ...

  9. Category : Plants used in traditional Native American medicine

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    Pages in category "Plants used in traditional Native American medicine" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 393 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .