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Ethnobotanical Plant Chimaphila umbellata

Common Name
Pyrole En Ombelle; Spotted Wintergreen; Doldiges Wintergrun; Pipsissewa; Skjaerm Vintergron; Prince'S Pine; Ground Ivy; Chimaphile; Winterlieb

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Alterative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Apertif German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer US(PA) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Collyrium US(Flathead) Hart, J.A. 1979. The ethnobotany of the Flathead Indians of Western Montana. Botanical Museum Leaflet 27(10). Harvard University.
Diabetes US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Diuretic Danish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever US(Blackfoot) Duke, 1992 *
Fumitory US(Blackfoot) Duke, 1992 *
Fumitory US(Flathead) Hart, J.A. 1979. The ethnobotany of the Flathead Indians of Western Montana. Botanical Museum Leaflet 27(10). Harvard University.
Fumitory US(Paiute) Duke, 1992 *
Kidney US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Liniment Canada(Salish) Duke, 1992 *
Medicine US(Appalachia) Duke, 1992 *
Myalgia Canada(Salish) Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Stiffness Canada(Salish) Duke, 1992 *