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  PLANTS 
  USED 
  IN 
  MEDICINE. 
  199 
  

  

  Acer 
  nit/rum. 
  Michx. 
  Black 
  Sugar 
  Maple. 
  Ishig'orneaush 
  — 
  "Sap-flows-fast." 
  

   Arbor 
  liquore 
  abundans, 
  ex 
  quo 
  liquor 
  tanquam 
  urina 
  vehemeiiter 
  projicitur. 
  

  

  Sometimes 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

   Betula 
  excelsa, 
  Ait. 
  Yellow 
  Birch. 
  Wiumissik. 
  

   The 
  inner 
  bark 
  is 
  scraped 
  off, 
  mixed 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Acer 
  saecharinum. 
  and 
  the 
  

   decoction 
  taken 
  as 
  a 
  diuretic. 
  

   Betula 
  papyracea, 
  Ait. 
  White 
  Birch. 
  MIgwas'. 
  

  

  Highly 
  esteemed, 
  and 
  employed 
  for 
  making 
  records, 
  canoes, 
  syrup-pans, 
  mokoks 
  — 
  

   or 
  sugar 
  boxes 
  — 
  etc. 
  The 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  Mide 
  wiwin, 
  given 
  by 
  Minabo'zho, 
  

   was 
  drawn 
  upon 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  bark. 
  

   Pojmliis 
  monUifera, 
  Ait. 
  Cottonwood. 
  Ma'nasa'ti. 
  

  

  The 
  cotton 
  down 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  open 
  sores 
  as 
  an 
  absorbent. 
  

   Populus 
  balsamifera, 
  L. 
  Balsam 
  Poplar. 
  Asa'di. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  bark 
  is 
  peeled 
  from 
  the 
  branches 
  and 
  the 
  gum 
  collected 
  and 
  eaten. 
  

  

  2. 
  Poles 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  building 
  ordinary 
  shelter 
  lodges, 
  and 
  particularly 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  Mide'wigan. 
  

  

  Juglans 
  nigra, 
  L. 
  Black 
  Walnut. 
  Paganok— 
  " 
  Nut 
  wood." 
  

   Walnuts 
  are 
  highly 
  prized; 
  the 
  green 
  rind 
  of 
  the 
  unripe 
  fruit 
  is 
  sometimes 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  in 
  staining 
  or 
  dyeing. 
  

  

  Smilacimi 
  racemosa, 
  Desf. 
  False 
  Spikenard. 
  Kine 
  wigwoshk 
  — 
  "Snake 
  weed 
  or 
  

   Snake 
  Vine." 
  

  

  1. 
  Warm 
  decoction 
  of 
  leaves 
  used 
  by 
  lying-in 
  women. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  roots 
  are 
  placed 
  upon 
  a 
  red-hot 
  stone, 
  the 
  patient, 
  with 
  a 
  blanket 
  thrown 
  

  

  over 
  his 
  head, 
  inhaling 
  the 
  fumes, 
  to 
  relieve 
  headache. 
  

  

  3. 
  Fresh 
  leaves 
  are 
  crushed 
  and 
  applied 
  to 
  cuts 
  to 
  stop 
  bleeding. 
  

   Helianthus 
  occidentalis, 
  Riddell. 
  Sunflower. 
  Pukite 
  wukboku 
  n 
  s'. 
  

  

  The 
  crushed 
  root 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  bruises 
  and 
  contusions. 
  

   Polygula 
  senega, 
  L. 
  Seneca 
  Snakeroot. 
  Winis'sike 
  n 
  s'. 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  decoction 
  of 
  the 
  roots 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  colds 
  and 
  cough. 
  

  

  2. 
  An 
  infusion 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  is 
  given 
  for 
  sore 
  throat; 
  also 
  to 
  destroy 
  water-bugs 
  

  

  that 
  have 
  been 
  swallowed. 
  

   Rubus 
  occidentalis, 
  L. 
  Black 
  Raspberry. 
  Makade'wiskwi'minok 
  — 
  " 
  Black 
  Blood 
  

   Berry." 
  

   A 
  decoction 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  crushed 
  roots 
  is 
  taken 
  to 
  relieve 
  pains 
  in 
  the 
  stomach. 
  

   Rubus 
  xtrigosux, 
  Michx. 
  Wild 
  Red 
  Raspberry. 
  Miskwi 
  minok— 
  " 
  Blood 
  Berry." 
  

  

  The 
  roots 
  are 
  sometimes 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

   Gaylussacia 
  resinosa, 
  Torr. 
  and 
  Gr. 
  Huckleberry. 
  Minim. 
  

  

  Forms 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  articles 
  of 
  trade 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  The 
  berry 
  occupies 
  

   a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  myth 
  of 
  the 
  "Road 
  of 
  the 
  Dead," 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  "Ghost 
  Society." 
  

   Prunus 
  Virginiana,~L. 
  Choke 
  Cherry. 
  Sisa" 
  wewi 
  naka 
  n 
  sh'. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  branchlets 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  an 
  ordinary 
  drink; 
  used 
  also 
  during 
  ges- 
  

  

  tation. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  eaten. 
  

  

  Prunus 
  serotina, 
  Ehrhart. 
  Wild 
  Black 
  Cherry. 
  Okwe' 
  wish— 
  "Scabby 
  Bark." 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  inner 
  bark 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  external 
  sores, 
  either 
  by 
  first 
  boiling, 
  bruising, 
  or 
  

  

  chewing 
  it. 
  

  

  2. 
  An 
  infusion 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  bark 
  is 
  sometimes 
  given 
  to 
  relieve 
  pains 
  and 
  soreness 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  (diest. 
  

   Prunus 
  Pennsylvanica, 
  L. 
  Wild 
  Reel 
  Cherry. 
  Kusigwa 
  kuini'nok. 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  decoction 
  of 
  the 
  crushed 
  root 
  is 
  given 
  for 
  pains 
  and 
  other 
  stomach 
  disorders. 
  

  

  2. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  eaten 
  and 
  highly 
  prized. 
  

  

  3. 
  This, 
  believed 
  to 
  lie 
  synonymous 
  with 
  the 
  June 
  Cherry 
  of 
  Minnesota, 
  is 
  referred 
  

  

  tn 
  in 
  the 
  myths 
  and 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Ghost 
  Society." 
  

  

  