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also used in bowel disorder, in children more especially. In some 

 cases an emetic was given to relieve pain and effect restoration. For 

 this purpose the root of Silene multicaulis was said to have been used, 

 this being mashed or ground up and drunk in warm water. Another 

 emetic was prepared from the poison sego (Zygadenus nuttalli), ta'-bv- 

 tci-gop. 



In cases where a person was thought to be suffering from worms or 

 other intestinal parasites the gum or resin from Pinus monophylla, 

 wafi'-go, was sometimes put in boiling water and drunk as hot as 

 could be borne. 



The roots of Peucedanum graveolens, etc., i'-jaip, were used as a 

 medicine called from the high value placed upon it pi'-a-na-tsu, a word 

 meaning "great medicine." This was used for affections of the throat 

 by being reduced to a pulp and applied directly by means of a finger. 

 Sometimes a string was tied to a piece of the root and the latter then 

 swallowed to be again drawn back out over the affected part by means 

 of the string. A decoction was also made from the root. 



For colds, coughs and bronchial affections a favorite remedy was 

 prepared from the leaves of the cedar (Juniperus), wa'-pi. The 

 leaves were boiled in water, the decoction being drunk hot. During 

 the winter season in families where there are children one is still likely 

 to find a pot of cedar tea kept boiling over the fire. A remedy for 

 coughs and the colds and the accompanying headaches, etc., was 

 prepared by some by making a decoction of cedar and sage-brush 

 leaves in a tea from Mentha canadensis, pa'-gwo-nup. A medicine used 

 for biliousness with severe cold was a mixture of pi'-a-na-tsu, pre- 

 viously mentioned, a laxative or koi'-na-tsu, and the resin of the pine, 

 a decoction of the three being prepared and drunk at intervals. 



A tea prepared from the roots of Lithospermum pilosum and longi- 

 florum tso'-ni-baip, was much used for kidney trouble. It seems to be 

 a strong diuretic. The author has seen it used for this purpose also 

 among the Utes. It is regarded as very effective. 



The Gosiutes had a considerable number of remedies severally 

 regarded as efficacious in varying degrees in the curing of venereal 

 diseases and affections in general of the sexual organs. They are 

 termed tim'-bai-na-tsu. Among plants furnishing such remedies may 

 be mentioned Parnassia fimbriata, Spircea millefolium, and Eriogonum 

 ovalifolium. The application was made for the most part externally 

 in the form of a wash or as a preparation in a poultice. 



A favorite remedy in cases of fever was furnished by the leaves of 

 the common sage-brush {Artemisia tridentata), po'-ho-bi. This plant 



