densmorb] PLANTS AS MEDICINE 337 



How prepared 



How administered 



Remarks and references 



Decoction ! . 



Decoction; the first-named root 

 was so strong that the amount 

 used was measured from the 

 last joint to the tip of the little 

 finger. The amount of the sec- 

 ond was about 1 foot of the root. 



Decoction; 1 root to 1 quart of 

 water. 



.__.do_ 



Decoction. 



(1) Dried and pulverized. 



(2) ....do. 



(3) ....do. 



(4) Dried 



(5) Decoction 



Decoction. 



Dried and pulverized 



Decoction 



Dried and pulverized 



Internally. 



If the convulsions were so 

 severe that only a little 

 of the decoction could be 

 forced into the patient's 

 mouth the decoction was 

 sprinkled on the chest and 

 applied to the palms of 

 t he hands and soles of the 

 feet. 



Internally 



.do. 



.do. 



4 pieces of dried root about 

 the size of a pea were pul- 

 verized and the dry pow- 

 der snulled up the nostrils. 



The powdered root was put 

 on hot stones. Patient 

 covered his head and in- 

 haled the fumes. 



The powdered root was 

 moistened with lukewarm 

 water and applied to in- 

 cisions on the temples by 

 means of soft duck down. 

 (See p. 332.) 



Chewed 



Internally... 



Sprinkled on hot stones and 



fumes inhaled. 

 Combined with tobacco or 

 red willow, smoked in a 

 pipe, and the smoke in- 

 haled. 



Sprinkled on hot stones and 



the smoke inhaled. 

 "Smelled" 



Thero were said to be 8 varieties of the 

 first plant which were equally good. 

 See hemorrhages and tonics. 



Used chiefly for children. 



See Hemorrhages; tonics and charms 

 (for the latter use the first-named 

 plant is used alone). 



This herb was used not simply for a 

 pain in the head but for a serious 

 affection of the nerves of which the 

 headache was the symptom. It was 

 given for "excessive nervousness as 

 when the mouth twitched, for dizzi- 

 ness, and with one herb added for in- 

 sanity." As an instance of its success- 

 ful use Gagawin said that a certain 

 woman said someone had threatened 

 to poison her. Gagawin told her to 

 steep this root, keep it in a bottle and 

 drink some occasionally, and if this 

 did not have the desired effect, he 

 would give her something else to take 

 with it. This remedy, however, was 

 sufficient, and she did not return. 



See Nosebleed and charms. 



See Eruptions, tonics, and remedies for 



the horse. 

 See also Charms. 



See Lung trouble. 



3 This root grows straight downward and then turns sharply. The strongest medicinal 

 value is at the elbow where the root turns. 



f Plants thus marked are mentioned in the United States Pharmacopoeia. (See p. 299.) 



