In Native American Medicinal Plants, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal use of more than 2700 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Information -- adapted from the same research

Trillium erectum, also known as Wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium, Beth root or Stinking Benjamin, is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to the east and north-eastern areas of North

Lindera benzoin (wild allspice, spicebush, common spicebush, northern spicebush or Benjamin bush) is a flowering plant in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North

Virginia creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) is a woody vine native to eastern and central North America, in southeastern

Known as the 'life medicine' to the Navaho, used as astringent, salve, and pain killer for toothaches. For earaches Indians poured into the ears an infusion made from the tops of

An excellent astringent when the bark, leaves and twigs are distilled and mixed with alcohol and water. Used as a liniment and eyewash and treatment for

The leaves were used as a potherb or eaten as a snack. Bright red berries ripen in autumn and improve with winter freezing so harvest them in the winter or

Bark and leaves are rich in a chemical similar to that found in aspirin. Used in smoking mixtures (Chippewa). The willow tree is associated with life and

The young leaves can be boiled. The grapes are too acid to eat in quantity and are best prepared in juice, jelly or other cooked

An effective astringent. Chippewa made a powdered medicine from the underground root for sores inside children's

The inner bark is pealed back to reveal an inner bark that produces a syrup that was drank as an energy

The roots of the Yellow pond lily were consumed. The roots of the White pond lily were used in a Chippewa medicine for a sore

The inner bark was used to treat melancholy. The roots were used by Chippewa in sewing the edges of canoes and in making woven