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Balsamorhiza sagittata, used as food and medicine by many Native American groups, such as the Nez Perce, Kootenai, Cheyenne, and Salish. [ 23 ] Baptisia australis – the Cherokee would use the roots in teas as a purgative or to treat tooth aches and nausea, while the Osage made an eyewash with the plant.
This plant has many uses in Native American medicine. The Zuni use an infusion of the root for body aches. The root is also chewed during curing ceremonies for various illnesses, and the crushed root and water used as wash and taken for sore throat. [22] The Rarámuri also use the root as herbal medicine. [20]
A prefix meaning "two", e.g. bisulcate, having two sulci or grooves. biennial A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or growing seasons. Biennial plants usually form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year and then flower and fruit in the second year. bifid
Plant family English name A'atasi: Rorippa sarmentosa: Brassicaceae (Mustard family) Polynesian cress, longrunner Ago, lega when cooked: Curcuma longa: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Turmeric Aloalo, also Aloalo fanua, Aloalo sami: Premna serratifolia: Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Aloalo tai: Volkameria inermis: Verbenaceae (Verbena family ...
Today the field of ethnobotany requires a variety of skills: botanical training for the identification and preservation of plant specimens; anthropological training to understand the cultural concepts around the perception of plants; linguistic training, at least enough to transcribe local terms and understand native morphology, syntax, and ...
This plant is not native to the Americas and was introduced by colonists. Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium (common names include old field balsam , rabbit tobacco and sweet everlasting ), used in a compound for muscle cramps, local pains, and twitching, [ 6 ] and apply an infusion of it over scratches made over muscle cramp pain ...
The English folk name "piss-a-bed" (and indeed the equivalent French pissenlit) refers to the strong diuretic effect of the plant's roots. [48] In various northeastern Italian dialects, the plant is known as pisacan (" dog pisses "), because they are found at the side of pavements.
Cardamine diphylla, infusion of the whole plant taken to strengthen the breasts. [8] The Iroquois also chew the raw root for stomach gas, apply a poultice of roots to swellings, take a cold infusion of the plant for fever and for "summer complaint, drink a cold infusion of the roots for "when love is too strong", and use an infusion of the roots when "heart jumps and the head goes wrong."