Search for Eryngium yuccifolium found 10 matches:

Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Rattlesnake Master; Apiaceae
Cherokee Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Used as snakebite remedy and decoction used to prevent whooping cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (27)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Rattlesnake Master; Apiaceae
Cherokee Drug (Snake Bite Remedy)
Used as snakebite remedy and decoction used to prevent whooping cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (27)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Rattlesnake Master; Apiaceae
Cherokee Drug (Toothache Remedy)
Infusion held in mouth for toothaches.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (27)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Buttonsnake Root; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Analgesic)
Cold infusion of root taken for neuralgia and kidney troubles.
Swanton, John R 1928 Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672 (655,65)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Rattlesnake Master; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Analgesic)
Cold infusion of pounded roots taken for neuralgia.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (45)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Buttonsnake Root; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Antirheumatic (Internal))
Plant used with "deer potato" for rheumatism.
Swanton, John R 1928 Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672 (655,65)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Buttonsnake Root; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Blood Medicine)
Infusion of root taken "to cleanse the system and purify the blood."
Swanton, John R 1928 Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672 (655,65)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Rattlesnake Master; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Blood Medicine)
Plant used to cleanse the system and purify the blood.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (45)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Buttonsnake Root; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Cathartic)
Plant used as a physic called "the war physic."
Swanton, John R 1928 Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672 (655,65)


Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Buttonsnake Root; Apiaceae
Creek Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Plant used for diseases of the spleen.
Swanton, John R 1928 Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672 (655,65)