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Salix Scouleriana Hook,, Willow 
Bella Coola: Folded inner bark used like that of Salix lasiandra 
Benth. for cuts; but charcoal from the stick not used for diarrhoea. 
Southern Carrier: Not used. 
Gitksan: Not used. 
Salix sp., Willow 
Sikani: Young willow chewed and the saliva applied to external 
sores. 
White powdery tops chewed for a cough. 
Populus tremuloides Michx., Aspen, Trembling Poplar 
Bella Coola: A quantity of bark from the roots boiled, and the 
decoction taken internally from seven to ten times a day for gonorrhoea 
with hemorrhage from the urethra. A very bitter decoction, said to 
be a good remedy that stopped the hemorrhage. 
Southern Carrier: Bark used instead of tideland spruce bark 
(page 51) to make a decoction for pain in the stomach. Considered 
inferior to the spruce bark. 
Sikani: Bark pulverized by pounding, moistened with water, and 
applied as a paste to wounds. 
Bark scraped, scrapings steeped in hot water, and the decoction 
taken internally for worms. Caused a stool immediately. 
Gitksan: Bark of roots chewed or mashed and put on cuts. 
Bark alone boiled, and the decoction taken internally as a pur- 
gative. Not an emetic. 
Populus trichocarpa T. and G., Black Cottonwood 
Bella Coola: Leaves, ten to fifteen years old, from the lower layers 
lying rotting on the ground, boiled, and the decoction used as a bath, 
the patient sitting in it up to his neck for about two hours to cure pain 
in the body, not rheumatism. A hot stone added from time to time, 
and the bath repeated the next day. 
The buds with their resin boiled and the decoction used as a hair 
wash. See also white fir (page 50). 
Half a cupful of buds, picked some time between December and 
March, mixed with two roots of cow parsnip ( Heracleum lanatum 
Michx.), a half cupful of buds of mountain alder ( Alnus tenuifolia 
Nutt.), and a little water, mashed, and applied warm, but uncooked, 
as a poultice for pains in the lungs or hips like rheumatism. Said to 
effect a cure in two days, but harmful if left on longer. 
See also western dock (page 56). 
Southern Carrier: Buds with their resin boiled for one or two 
hours, and the decoction taken internally for coughs and lung affec- 
tions. 
Resin from the buds applied to the face as a cosmetic, or, with the 
addition of oil, to repel mosquitoes, black flies, and gadflies. 
Roots and bark not used; buds not boiled to make a hair wash. 
Northern Carrier: Green roots chewed to a pulp and applied to 
wounds to stop bleeding. 
Inside bark boiled and the decoction used as an eye-wash. 
Gitksan: Gummy buds boiled and the resin mixed with bear 
grease for a hair perfume. 
Roots, leaves, and seeds not used. 
