| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A 1998-2006 | Use - Medicinal | leaves made into laxative. Sugar balls infused with senna; in center; recipe by Effie Louella pimyotahmah Walker Brown | |
| No Reference Specified | Use - Medicinal | senna balls rolled in sugar eaten for strengthening the blood but too much could cause diarrhea |
| Reference Source | Notes | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason, H.A. & Cronquist, A. 1991 | S. obtusifolia is a native species that is now pantropical and found in moist woods in eastern and western Miami lands; and S. occidentalis is a native of the Old World tropics but naturalized in eastern and western Miami lands in sandy and alluvial soils along streams and disturbed areas |
| Reference Source | Notes | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A 1998-2006 | Referring to cultural use as a laxative by Effie--in same discussion; Watona relayed that in the Miami tradition; medicinal knowledge was passed on orally to the opposite sex child; therefore Effie and great aunt Myrtle Walker Fuller shegoquah were not taught the medicinal knowledge of their mother; Rebecca Stitt Pimyotomah Walker; a well know mid-wife and medicine woman in Lincolnville; OK at the turn of the century. Rebecca was the daughter of Mary Benjamin Stitt Kepahkakasequah; who was relocated from Indiana to Kansas. Effie and her sister reportedly learned Miami herbal medicine by sneaking around the woods as Rebecca foraged teaching her sons | ||
| No Reference Specified | Dried leaflets; in small doses 2 gm has physiological action as a laxative; purgative; and cholagogue; also increasing the flow of bile | ||
| Steyermark, J.A. 1963 | Leaves of Senna obtusifolia are believed to possess the purgative qualities that are associated with the pharmaceutical drug senna; and leaves of Senna occidentalis are used to make an ointment used as a remedy for ringworm and other skin problems |