Polygala senega L.
Common names: Seneca Snakeroot
Species details (USDA):
USDA POSE3
Documented uses
34 uses documented
Blackfoot
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 42)
Cherokee
Drug, Abortifacient
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Cathartic
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Cold Remedy
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Diaphoretic
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Diuretic
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Expectorant
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Kidney 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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Other
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 55)
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 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
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 55)
Chippewa
Drug, Anticonvulsive
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 336)
Chippewa
Drug, Anticonvulsive
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1913,
Chippewa Music-II,
SI-BAE Bulletin #53,
pages 63, 64)
Chippewa
Drug, Heart Medicine
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 338)
Chippewa
Drug, Hemostat
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 336)
Chippewa
Drug, Hemostat
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1913,
Chippewa Music-II,
SI-BAE Bulletin #53,
pages 63, 64)
Chippewa
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 364)
Chippewa
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1913,
Chippewa Music-II,
SI-BAE Bulletin #53,
pages 63, 64)
Chippewa
Drug, Tonic
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 336)
Chippewa
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 376)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 51)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Oral Aid
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 51)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Panacea
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 51)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 51)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Toothache Remedy
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 51)
Malecite
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 244)
Meskwaki
Drug, Heart Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1928,
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326,
pages 236)
Micmac
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 59)
Ojibwa
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1928,
Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248,
pages 235)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 199)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 199)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 199)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 199)