The Botanical Lore of the California Indians

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Book of Herbs

Stomach disorders, worms, dysentery, diarrhea, etc.

SISYRINCHIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM
(Ind. Man-ta-ca)

DIPSACUS GLUTINOSUS
(Ind. Vaah-se-le-coo)

VITIS VULPINA CALIFORNICA
(Ind. Esq-urana-quat)

RUBUS VILLOSUS
(Ind. Pick-lam)

CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS
(Ind. Pa-sil)

HEDEOMA PULEGIOIDES
(Ind. Mo-cash)

ANTHEMIS NOBILIS
(Ind. Sa-mat-pl-ol)


Painful congestion of the stomach.

MALVA ROTUNDIFOLIA
(Ind. Mal-val)

ROSA CALIFORNICA
(Ind. O-chul)

MONARDELLA VILLOSA
(Ind. Tah-lis-wet)


Fevers and constipation of the stomach.

ERYTHAEA MUEHLENBERGII
(Ind. Co-oniche-la-wa)


Fevers.

JUNIPERUS CALIFORNICA
(Ind. Gla-wat-pool)


Lung fevers.

PAEONIA BROWNII
(Ind. Quel-ta-bat)


Stomach fevers.

VERBENA HASTATA
(Ind. Muy-u-vees)


Fevers.

MORAJAUM
(Ind. Saa-al)


Eruptive Fevers.

SAMBUCUS PUBENS
(Ind. Haa-sat)

MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA
(Ind. See-wish-pe-yack)


Plant poisoning.

GRINDELIA CUNEIFOLIA
(Ind. Mie-chowl)

RHUS DIVERSILOBA
(Ind. E-yal)


Ulcers and diseases of the skin and feet.

ANTENNARIA MARGARITACEA
(Ind. Te-bish-samat)


Burns.

SOLIDAGO NEMORALIS
(Ind. Pa-co-se-cheeh)


Fistulas and running sores.

PENTSTEMON CORDIFOLIUS
(Ind. Ting-gi-wit)


Eruptive scalp diseases.

EUPHORBIA
(Ind. Te-mal-hepe)

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIFOLIA
(Ind. Watch-ish)


How to retain the natural color of the hair.

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA
(Ind. Ulu-ca-hul-vaal)


Women’s diseases.

ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA
(Ind. Hul-vaal)

RAMONA POLYSTACHYA
(Ind. Qua-seel)

LARREA MEXICANA
(Ind. Ato-col)

CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES
(Ind. Epa-so-tee)

CRACCA VIRGINIANA
(Ind. Po-hiel)


Flesh-wounds, knife-cuts, etc.

ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA
(Ind. Che-vnes)

GRINDELIA SQUARROSA
(Ind. Tanga-wet)

FRASERA
(Ind. So-cat-llami)

CARDUACEA
(Ind. San-ca)

OPUNTIA
(Ind. Tu-nah)


Healing.

PLANTAGO MAJOR
(Ind. Pal-qua-ah)

CLEMATIS LIGUSTICIFOLIA
(Ind. Chee-va-tow)


Coughs, colds and sore throat.

RUMEX HYMENOCALLIS
(Ind. Ca-na-ma)

PRUNUS SEROTINA
(Ind. Is-lay)

PRUNUS ILICIFOLIA
(Ind. Is-lay)

SPIRAEA SALICIFOLIA
(Ind. Ha-ba-ba-neek)

EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM
(Ind. Sa-ca-pe-yote)

MARRUBIUM VULGARE
(Ind. O-o-hul)


Old dry coughs.

AUDIBERTIAS STACHYOIDES
(Ind. Seel)


Blood hemorrhages of the lungs.

DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA
(Ind. Ma-ciel)


Coughs and asthma.

ERIODICTYON GLUTINOSUM CALIFORNICUM
(Ind. Tan-que-bel)

ERIODICTYON CALIFORNICUM
(Ind. Que-bel)


Cathartics.

ERIOGONUM ELATUM
(Ind. Pa-va-coneel)

RHAMNUS CALIFORNICA
(Ind. Hoon-wet-que-wa)


Kidneys.

EQUISETUM HYEMALE
(Ind. Po-po-ot)

EPHEDRA
(Ind. Tut-tut)

PELLAEA ATROPURPUREA
(Ind. Cala-wala)


Blood pressure, sunstroke.

ERIOGONUM ELONGATUM
(Ind. Te-ve-na-wa)


Sedatives.

VERONICA OFFICINALIS
(Ind. Ca-wish-hubel)

MENTHA SPICATA
(Ind. Ga-vish-ho-ba-jat)

ILYSANTHUS BRACHIATUS
(Ind. Samat-hubel)

MENTHA CANADENSIS
(Ind. Samat)

MICROMERIA DOUGLASII
(Ind. Ya-mish-hubel)


Catarrh of the head and nasal chambers.

PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS
(Ind. Ci-vil)

HELENIUM AUTUMNALE—HELENIUM NUDIFLORUM
(Ind. Pe-bah)

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA
(Ind. Ho-bef-zo-bal)


Toothache and pyorrhea.

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM
(Ind. Pas-wat)

ERIOGONUM
(Ind. Pas-vaat)

QUERCUS RUBRA
(Ind. Qui-neel)

PERSEA and VANILLA PLANIFOLIA


Fever and chills.

ROSA GALLICA
(Ind. Mal-va-pol)


Fractures.

ULMUS PUBESCENS
(Ind. He-wa-wa)


Blood specific, purifier and tonic.

FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS
(Ind. Gaiesh-pohl)


Blood tonic.

SALIX WASHINGTONIA
(Ind. Ke-cham-ka)

TABARDILLO
(Ind. Pees-wel)

HOSACKIA GLABRA
(Ind. Su-cot)


Antidote.

PIPERACEA
(Ind. Chu-co-pat)


Hair tonic, hair and scalp diseases.

LARREA MEXICANA
(Ind. Ato-col)

LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII
(Ind. Am-mool)


Ringworms and scalp germs of the hair roots.

MICRAPELIS MICRACARPA
(Ind. Yal)


The soap of the Indian.

CUCURBITA FOETIDISSIMA
(Ind. Meh-hish)

CHLOROGALUM POMERIDIANUM
(Ind. Mo-cee)

SAPONARIA OFFICIANALIS
(Ind. Yu-look-ut-hish)

BRODIAEA
(Ind. Meh-wahot)


Protection against lightning.

CEANOTHUS DIVARICATUS and PINUS SABINIANA
(Ind. O-Oot) (Ind. Wa-at)


Antivenin for rattlesnake and tarantula bites.

DATURA METELOIDES.
(Ind. Qui-qui-sa-waal)


Weather observation, travel and fishing aids, aqueous plants.

ECHINOCACTUS and SEMPERVIVUM
(Ind. Co-pash)


General medication.

TRICHOSTEMA LANATUM
(Ind. Zu-bal)


Ptomaine poisoning.

ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM
(Ind. Hula-cal)


Jewellery and talismans.

ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA
(Ind. Samat-hap-pac)


Care of the eyes.

SALVIA COLUMBRIAE
(Ind. Pa-sal)


Foods, medicine, tanning and dyes.

QUERCUS VIRGINIANA
(Ind. Qui-neel)


Bleeding navel.

TYPHA LATIFOLIA and QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA
(Ind. Co-o-tem) (Ind. Qui-neel)


Indian food.

PROSOPIS JULIFLORA
(Ind. Pe-che-te)

PTERIS AQUILINA
(Ind. Wel-met)


Food and bleaching.

YUCCA WHIPPLEI
(Ind. Yu-ca)


Rheumatism.

URTICA HOLOSERICEA
(Ind. Panga-tum)

PHLOX SUBULATA
(Ind. E-wa-yack)

PINUS MONTICOLA
(Ind. Wa-ta)

ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS
(Ind. Ta-wal)


Menstrual period.

LIPPIA LANCEOLATA
(Ind. Te-eel-p-yack)

CRYSANTHEMUM PARTHENIUM
(Ind. Che-ke-wat)


Diseased throat glands, scrofula.

NICOTIANA GLAUCA
(Ind. Tee-baat)


Fishing.

CROTON SETIGERUS
(Ind. Tu-tal)


Tonic for loss of appetite.

MONTIA PERFOLIATA
(Ind. Lah-chu-meek)

ALLIUM BISCEPTRUM
(Ind. Ye-sil-ta-usa)

RHUS TRILOBATA
(Ind. Sa-lat)


For poisonous insect-bites.

ALLIUM CANADENSE or ALLIUM VINEALE
(Ind. Ye-sil-we-na)


Antidote.

BERTHOLLETIA
(Ind. Pacah-quit)


Sedative.

PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA
(Ind. Che-ne-va-ica-cal)


Diseases of the liver.

RORIPPA NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE
(Ind. Pang-sa-mat)


Reducing teas.

LEPIDIUM EPETALUM
(Ind. Chesa-mok-ka-mok)

SALINIA
(Ind. Cheena-wah)

PANICUM CAPILLARE
(Ind. Ne-wa-cha-mo)


Birth control.

IVA AXILLARIS
(Ind. Na-wish-mal)


Kidney diseases.

CROTON CORYMBOSUS
(Ind. O-chot-pa-wish)

EPHEDRA
(Ind. Tut-tut)

APIUM
(Ind. Se-ma-mek)

XANTHIUM CANADENSE
(Ind. Cho-co-late)

CENTAUREA MELITENSIS
(Ind. Se-sa-naa)

XANTHIUM SPINOSUM
(Ind. O-yu-mo-val)

MALVACEA RUBRA
(Ind. E-ya-wa-manka)


EDIBLE FRUITS OF SHRUBS