Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Common names: Annual Ragweed
Species details (USDA):
USDA AMARA2
Documented uses
18 uses documented
Cherokee
Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 52)
Cherokee
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 52)
Cherokee
Drug, Disinfectant
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 52)
Cherokee
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 52)
Cherokee
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 52)
Dakota
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 369)
Dakota
Drug, Antiemetic
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 369)
Delaware
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1972,
Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3,
pages 35)
Delaware, Oklahoma
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 29)
Delaware, Oklahoma
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 29, 74)
Houma
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1941,
A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana,
Primitive Man 14:49-75,
pages 65)
Iroquois
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 468)
Iroquois
Drug, Heart Medicine
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 469)
Iroquois
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 468)
Lakota
Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 35)
Lakota
Other, Paper
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 35)
Luiseno
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Sparkman, Philip S.,
1908,
The Culture of the Luiseno Indians,
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234,
pages 228)
Mahuna
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Romero, John Bruno,
1954,
The Botanical Lore of the California Indians,
New York. Vantage Press, Inc.,
pages 13)