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RANUNCULACEAE, BUTTERCUP FAMILY 
Anemone globosa Nutt. (A. multifida Poir.), Wind-Flower 
Bella Coola: Not used. 
Southern Carrier: Plant, except roots, boiled and decoction taken 
internally for any sickness. Aroma of crushed leaves inhaled for cold 
in the head or lungs; for this purpose leaves sometimes placed in 
water and heated. 
Gitksan: Handfuls eaten in sweat bath for rheumatism. A 
decoction of the plant sometimes used for the same purpose. 
Trau tvetteria grand is Nutt., False Bugbane 
Bella Coola: Roots pounded in a little water, and the resulting 
mass, covered with a little soft bark of the red or yellow cedar, applied 
as a poultice to boils and left on for half a day or a day. Said to 
promote suppuration and opening of the boil, but to cause such 
intense burning that it could not be applied to children. Considered 
less strong than the tall buttercup (page 57), but, like it, preferred 
to the cow parsnip (page 61), which was used in the same way. 
Thalictrum occidental Gray, Meadow Rue 
Gitksan: A small piece of the root chewed, and some of the juice 
swallowed, for headache, eye trouble, and sore legs. Loosened 
phlegm and possibly accelerated the circulation of the blood. 
Ranunculus arcis L., Tall Buttercup 
Bella Coola: Roots used as a poultice for boils in the same way 
as those of the false bugbane (page 57), but considered stronger and 
better. 
CRUCIFERAE, MUSTARD FAMILY 
Sisymbrium incisum Eng., A Hedge Mustard 
Gitksan: Mashed and applied to bad cuts. 
CRASSULACEAE, ORPINE FAMILY 
Sedum spathulifolium Hook., Stonecrop 
Bella Coola: Leaves of the plant before it blossomed eaten to 
start the flow of milk. Said to take effect in one day. Leaves 
warmed and applied externally for the same purpose. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE, SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 
Ribes bracteosum Dough, Blue Currant 
Bella Coola: See tideland spruce, page 51. 
Ribes laxiflorum Pursh. var., Currant 
Bella Coola: Roots boiled in a very small box with hot stones and 
the wehk decoction used each day for washing the eyes when filled with 
matter. 
See also lady fern (page 48). 
Southern Carrier: Not used. 
