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COMPOSITAE, COMPOSITE FAMILY 
Achillea Millefolium L., Yarrow 
Bella Coola: Leaves chewed and applied to burns. 
Southern Carrier : Entire plant, except the roots, boiled, and the 
decoction taken internally at frequent intervals for colds. 
Leaves chewed and applied to sprains and swellings. 
Gitksan : The young plant, except the roots, gathered between 
June 1 and July 15, boiled, and the decoction gargled for sore throat. 
Roots, marked by the dead stalks, dug out at other seasons and used 
instead. 
Artemisia discolor Dough, Sagebrush, Green Wormwood 
Bella Coola: Used for medicine. 
Southern Carrier: Chewed and applied to sprains and swellings. 
Northern Carrier: Sagebrush (sp. ?) steeped in water and the hot 
decoction taken internally for headache. 
Antennaria Howellii Greene, Everlasting 
Bella Coola: Leaves boiled, and the decoction taken internally 
for pains in the body, but not for pains in the limbs. Not used for 
colds. 
Southern Carrier: Not used. 
Gitksan: Not used. 
Taraxacum officinale Weber., Common Dandelion introduced 
Bella Coola: Roots boiled, and the decoction taken internally for 
pain in the stomach, but not for diarrhoea or vomiting. Remedy 
said to have been learned from white men. 
Gitksan: Not used. 
Lactuca spicata (Lam.) Hitchc., Tall Lettuce 
Bella Coola: Roots boiled, and many cups of the decoction taken 
internally for heart trouble, hemorrhage, pains in the body (but not 
in the limbs), for vomiting, or for diarrhoea. Neither an emetic nor 
a purgative. Milky juice not used. 
Gitksan: Not used. 
Prenanthes alata (Hook.) Gray, Rattlesnake Root 
Bella Coola: Roots boiled, two or three cupfuls of the decoction 
taken internally daily for colds. For a baby only a small spoonful 
given three or four times a day. 
Bella Coola: Chewed, and applied to burns or to any painful part 
of the body. 
Boiled, and two or three cupfuls of the decoction taken internally 
daily. 
Mnium affine Bland, Moss 
Southern Carrier: Entire plant, except the “roots”, boiled, and 
two or three cupfuls of the decoction used to bathe a swollen face. 
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