NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINAL HERBS 

DISCLAIMER: I am not an certified herbalist. All herbs listed  are used at your discretion. Keep in mind that many of the early medicinal uses of plants have been disproved as to their effectiveness or, because of the inherent danger of the plant itself, are not recommended for use by those without extensive medical background. Plants listed here should not be harmful unless you are allergic.


Corylus cornuta - Beaked Hazelnut

Documented use by the following Native 

American groups: Abnaki, Algonquin, 

Cherokee, Chippewa/Ojibwe, Iroquois, 

Potawatomi


Hazelnut "milk" used for coughs and colds 

and to treat cuts

 


Mallows -Malva sylvestris or parviflora or neglecta 

Documented use by Shoshone and other Great Basin Native American groups


leaf is used as a tea in dry hacking coughs and for digestive upset; soothing and cooling. 


 


Melilotus spp - Sweet clover

Documented use by the following Native 

American groups: Shoshone/Bannock

flower, leaf used as a tonic

Plantago major or lanceolata- Plantain--

broad leaf or narrow leaf

Documented use by the following Native 

American groups:

Chippewa/Ojibwe, Menominee, Shoshone/

Bannock


entire plant; crushed leaf to relieve insect 

bites



Solidago sp - Goldenrod

Documented use by the following Native 

American groups: Algonquin, Blackfoot, 

Cherokee, Chippewa/Ojibwe, Iroquois, 

Shoshone/Bannock

root, plant, flower

infusion used to treat colds, nasal 

congestion



Typha latifolia L. - Cattail

Documented use by the following Native 

American groups: Chippewa/Ojibwe, 

Menominee, Shoshone/Bannock

Seed down used to dress wounds