| Uses: | | • | Steeped, used to saturate a rag to be placed in sore mouth [Mi'kmaq: 61; Malecite: 65]. Used to treat frostbite or to stimulate appetite [Algonquin: 68]. | | • | Stem : | Tea used as a wash for sore eyes, lips and interior of mouth [Montaganais 70]. Chewed to allay canker or sores on the gums or in the mouth. Used to ease mouths irritated by excessive tobacco smoking [Algonquians 63]. | | • | Roots : | Used for sore eyes or steeped to make a stomach medicine [Mi'kmaq 62]. Tea used for heart disease, toothache, diarrhoea and as an eyewash [Algonquin 69; Atikamekw 73]. Used for cough [Abenaki 67; Atikamekw 73]. Decoction used to soothe teething pain and heal gums, and as a mouth wash to treat sore mouth [Ojibwa 87]. Decoction used for throat pain, cough and mouth infection [Montagnais 71]. |
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