Indigenous Medicine

Question 1

What are the toxins present in the henbane plant?

Answer 1

hycoseyamine, atropine and scopolamine

Question 2

What does nightshade ingestion cause?

Answer 2

over heating, sweating, vision disturbances, delirium, increased heart rate, delirium and urination problems

Question 3

What toxin is present in mullein?

Answer 3

rotenone

Question 4

What can rotenone cause?

Answer 4

nausea, vomiting, cramping, headaches, tremors, seizures, resp. failure, tachycardia, hypotension and impaired myocardial contractility

Question 5

What is one non medicinal use of rotedone?

Answer 5

killing fish

Question 6

What are some routes that rotedone can be used for medicinally?

Answer 6

inhalation, tea for coughs and bandages for wound healing

Question 7

What is the toxin found in cow parsnip?

Answer 7

xanthotoxin

Question 8

What can cow parsnip cause?

Answer 8

skin irriation, painful blisters and inflammation,

Question 9

What can cow parsnip be used to treat?

Answer 9

anti diarrheal, powder for broken legs, bladder pain caused from cancer, wart removal

Question 10

What do henbane plants treat?

Answer 10

pain and alcohol delirium

Question 11

What can delphinium cause?

Answer 11

nausea, cramps, bloating, twitching, muscle paralysis and death

Question 12

What is delphium used to treat?

Answer 12

dull gambling opponents, kidney failure and eyewash

Question 13

What toxin is present in tansy?

Answer 13

thujone

Question 14

What can thujone cause?

Answer 14

convulsions, violent spasms, rapid and feeble pulse, death

Question 15

What can thujone be used to treat?

Answer 15

sore throat, joint pain, kidney issues, contraceptions and menstrual cycle induction, insect repellent for horse and bait for deer

Question 16

What toxin is present in devils club?

Answer 16

ginseng

Question 17

What can ginseng cause?

Answer 17

painful wounds, swelling and staph infections

Question 18

What can ginseng be used to treat?

Answer 18

colds, gallstones, stomach ulcers, wounds, TB heart disease, blood purifier, headaches (root)

Question 19

What can be caused by death comas?

Answer 19

GI, trembling, coma, death, difficulty breathing

Question 20

What is death comas used to treat?

Answer 20

aching legs, rheumatic knees, sprains, strains, bruises, broken bones

Question 21

What is horsetail used to treat?

Answer 21

menstrual irregularities, nasal congestion, stomach ailments, colds, diuretic and laxatives

Question 22

What is horsetail used to treat in horses?

Answer 22

coughs, prostate medicine, sprains and breaks

Question 23

What parts are most toxic in the death comas?

Answer 23

leaves and bulbs

Question 24

What part is poisonous in the devils club?

Answer 24

spines along leaf stalk and leaf veins

Question 25

What parts of the mullein are poisonous?

Answer 25

seeds and sap

Question 26

What parts of cow parsnip is poisonous?

Answer 26

leaves and stems

Question 27

What can baneberries cause?

Answer 27

increased HR, dizziness and abdominal pains

Question 28

What can baneberries heal?

Answer 28

rheumatism, sick horses, purge, convulsions, decreased menstrual flow or hemorrhaging after birth and laxative

Question 29

What part of the wild cherry is poisonous?

Answer 29

pits

Question 30

What toxin is in the pits of cherries?

Answer 30

cyanogenic glycosides

Question 31

What can wild cherries cause?

Answer 31

GI, sweating, coma and death

Question 32

What can wild cherries treat?

Answer 32

coughing, fever, postpartum hemorrhage