DENSMORE] 
PLANTS AS MEDICINE 
363 
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How prepared 
How administered 
Remarks and references 
Take1 root to one half cup of 
water; steep and strain. 
Weak decoction-----<-----_--=-— 
Scrape the second layer of the 
bark of the root, put in hot 
water and boil. 
Decoction 
Prepared and applied as for in- 
flammation. 
Placed on hot stones__----------- 
Decoction made from these three_ 
(1) Steeped and used as a poul- 
tice. (2) Boiled in grease 
(about a handful of buds to a 
cup of grease), strained and 
kept for use when needed. 
Deer tallow is not good for this 
purpose, but bear’s grease is 
excellent. 
Dried root in decoction or fresh 
root pounded and applied as a 
poultice. 
Strong decoction___- 
Use lukewarm water and 
drop a very little in the 
ear. 
Dropped in ear lukewarm--- 
Dropped in the ear________-- | 
Sprinkled on hot stones, 
the decoction being very 
hot. This was used to 
“steam”” rheumatic 
joints, especially of the 
knees, the patient being 
covered closely and letting 
steam warm the knees. 
See Headache and reme- 
dies for the hair. 
Used in combination with 
wild mint, sprinkled on 
hot stones, said to be good 
for paralysis. 
Used singly or in combina- 
tion, said to be good for 
paralysis; also good for a 
cold. 
Decoction sprinkled on hot 
stones or taken internally. 
Tnitemnallliy=essseeeee f= = == 
“Pricked in with needles.”’ | 
(See p. 343.) 
Extermally:2es22--5----=--- 
Used for steaming rheu- 
matic joints. 
Used for steaming stiff joints- 
Strengthening bath for a 
child, also used for ‘‘steam- 
ing old people to make 
them stronger.” 
See Remedies for headache. 
See Throat, fever and diseases of 
women. 
See Rheumatism. 
The informant, a woman of advanced 
age, said this remedy came from her 
great-grandmother. 
See Diabetes in general remedies. 
See Diseases of the ear. 
See Inflammation and bites. 
This was used especially when aspr:.in 
was followed by swelling. See Tonics 
and remedies for the hair. 
The root of this plant was used for the 
diseases of women. 
Various parts of this plant were used 
for diseases of women, hemorrhages 
from wounds, and dysentery; also 
in tonics and a remedy for the hair. 
