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PLANTS AS MEDICINE 



363 



How prepared 



1 low administered 



Remarks and references 



Take 1 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 _ 



Decoction (steeped)-. _. 



....do 



These were boiled together 



Steeped 



Decoction _ 



Prepared and applied as for in 



flammation. 

 Placed on hot stones 



Decoction made from these three. 



Boiled. 



.do. 



(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. 



do _ 



Strong decoction 



Use lukewarm water and 

 drop a very little in the 

 ear. 



Dropped in ear lukewarm.. 

 Dropped in the ear 



See Remedies for headache. 



See Throat, fever and diseases of 



women. 

 See Rheumatism. 



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 let ting 

 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. 



Internally 



"Pricked in with needles 



(See p. 343.) 

 Externally 



Used for steaming rheu- 

 matic joints. 



Used for steaming stiff joints 



As a warm compress. 



.do. 



Externally. 



.do. 



Strengthening bath for a 

 child, also used for "steam- 

 ing old people to make 

 them stronger." 



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 a sprUn 

 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. 



