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leaves and smaller branches are heated and applied as a dry poultice 

 over the seat of the pain. 



Miih-loJc is a little bush, the ro(it of which, fresh or dried, prefer- 

 ably fresh, is boiled and the decoction given for coughs and in the 

 beginning of consumption. 



Km-chu-o-wa-tak, or Tcwei-cliou-wa-te , mesquite sap, is also used 

 by the Pima as a remedy for sore throat. They boil the juice, 

 together with the bark over wdiich it flowed, and drink the tea hot. 

 It cures when the soreness is "deep dow^n." 



Se-wi-dje (canaigre root: Rumex hymenosepalus) is emploj^ed as a 

 remedy for sore lips and sore throat. 



The root known as wd-vish (yerha mansa, Anemiopsis calif ornica) 

 is reputed to be very effectual in syphilis. The Pima boil it and 

 give the tea to the patient; they also powder the root and apply it 

 externally to the sores. It is said that if a mother affected with 

 syphilis while pregnant is given this tea the child will be free of the 

 disease. Apparently the people are acquainted with the hereditary 

 nature of the condition. 



A decoction prepared from the leaves of the willow is given in fever. 



Kwei-chou-wa-te (mesquite sap) is also used for sore eyes. The 

 patient places a small piece of it in the eye and keeps it there as 

 long as he can bear it. The tears dissolve part, coloring the eye 

 brown. Occasionally this remedy is of assistance. The Pima also 

 use for sore eyes a decoction of the root of a bush which bears black 

 berries 



Che-wa-te mo-to-a-te ("earth carries on head:" Tylostoma) is a little 

 fungus which grows somewhat like a puffball, but has a well-defined 

 stem. The dark-yellow pollen of this fungus is applied by the Pima 

 about the cord of the newborn infant, both as a preventive of 

 inflammation and as a remedy when inflammation or suppuration 

 has developed. 



The leaves of a certain plant, or simply grease, are applied exter 

 nally to sore parts, while wounds are covered with shavings of tanned 

 hide. 



Kwei-chou-vja-te (mesquite sap) is also often used as a remedy in 

 the pemphigous and other sores which are common on the faces and 

 heads of little Pima children. The boiled sap is applied directly to 

 the sores, and is said to heal them. 



Ili-toh is a bush that grows in the liills about the Pima reserva- 

 tion. The Pima use the root medicinally in syphilitic and other sores, 

 grinding and applying it externally. As an antidote for the irritating 

 effect of the hdvan tdtat plant on the skin (see p. 183), the Pima use 

 another plant known as uli-to, which grows in the mountains. They 

 grind fine the root of this plant and apply it to the seat of the inflam- 

 mation. 



