DBNSMORB] 



PLANTS AS MEDICINE 



351 



How prepared 



How administered 



Remarks and references 



Boil root and use as a drawing 

 poultice. 



Dried root and (lowers were 

 pounded together and made 

 into a poultice without boiling. 



Pounded in a cloth and applied 

 as a poultice. 



The fresh root was mashed and 



applied as a poultice. 

 Decoction ... 



Steeped. 



Decoction made from one root to 



1 quart of water. 

 Decoction 



Steeped. "Bathe child with the 

 tea and then rub it with tallow, 

 venison tallow if possible." 



Dried and powdered root is 

 moistened, spread on a cloth 

 and applied as a poultice in 

 cases of great itching of the 

 skin and eruptions. 



Decoction made from 1 root and 

 1 quart of water; 3 or 4 roots 

 may be used. 



"Gather the white liquid which 

 oozes out when the stalk is 

 broken and rub this on the 

 wart." 



Combined with bear's grease as 



an ointment. 

 ....do 



Decoction. 



.do. 



"Spit on the cut and draw the 

 edges together, then chew this 

 bark and apply thickly like a 

 poultice as soon as possible. 

 Dried root may be used in the 

 same manner." 



Moisten the dried and pulver- 

 ized root. 



Dried and pounded 



Externally. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 _do. 

 _do. 

 -do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



_do- 



.do. 



Used as wash to strengthen 

 the hair and make it grow. 



....do _ 



Externally. 



.do. 

 .do. 



It was said that dried root could be 

 used without cooking. See Sore 

 throat. 



This poultice was said to be healing as 

 well as "drawing." See Cough and 

 fracture. 



Used internally as a remedy for the 

 blood. 



The root of this plant was used for stop- 

 page of urine. 

 Used especially for children. 



3 or 4 roots may be used. 



See stimulants, headache and diseases 



of the horse. 

 Used especially for children. See 



Worms, and burns. 



Used especially for children. See Cuts. 



This remedy is used only from the fresh 

 plant. 



See Lung trouble, sprain and diseases 



of women. 

 See Headache. 



Concerning the first plant, see Heart 

 stimulant, dysentery, hemorrhages 

 from wounds, tonics and diseases of 

 women. The second plant was also 

 I used as a physic. 



See Diseases of women. 



See Dysentery and headache. 



This was used for a "clean cut.' 

 Eruptions and ulcers. 



See 



