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Ida. 



\V. Can. 



HERBS 



leaves in 12 quarts of water is a remedy for 

 bruises; taken internally it stops bleeding, 



H-19. ALUM ROOT, Heuchera micrantha, 

 Saxifrage F am, l'-2l/2' tall perennial, with 

 stout rootstock (having alum-like taste); bas- 

 al leaves round and toothed; long flowering 

 stems have panicles of small white flowers, 



Indians eat leaves first in the Spring, boiled 

 and steamed. After steaming, some are dried 

 and stored for future use. The pounded root, 

 wet, was used on sores and swellings; steeped, 

 it was used as an eye-wash; also small amounts 

 drunk to stop diarrhea, A tonic of the boiled 

 roots was taken a half-cupful a day for general 

 debility, or three half cups a day to stop fever. 

 The drug, Heuchera, is antiseptic and astrin- 

 gent. In Materia Medica, alumroot is given 

 for gastorenteritis, nausea, vomiting, etc, 



H-20. LUPINES, Lupinus sp.. Pea Fam, (L, andersonii . An- 

 derson's Lupine, in illustration). Mainly perennial herbs with 

 palmately-compound leaves; pea-like flowers on long stalks, m.ostly 

 blue, but some flowers are yellow, white, purplish or reddish-col- 

 ored. A widespread genus, good forage, and ploughed -under is a 

 good fertilizer, 



Virgil called it "Sad Lu- 

 pine", as seeds were used 

 by the poor, being boiled 

 to remove bitter taste. In 

 1640, Parkinson wrote: 

 "seed meal and honey takes 

 away black and blue spots. " 



Most states Indians made a tea from 



w. Can. |-|^g seeds and used it med- 

 icinally, especially to help 

 urination. Early in the 

 Spring, leaves and flowers 

 were stripped off and 

 steamed, then eaten with 

 acorn soup. Seeds often dan-, p" - 5^ " 

 gerous because of alkaloids. 



Most Hab. 



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FRUIT 



