| Vernacular name(s): | red-osier dogwood, red willow (Eng.)
cornouiller stolonifère, hart rouge (Fr.)
mehkwa pemakwa, mikwapamuk, mihkwa pemakwa, mikobimaka, mikwanbimaka, mikwapimakwah, mithkwapimak, miskwapimak, mi (hkwapiymak, mikwa piskaw, nipsiy wasaskwetow,)
k'áik'ozé (Chipewyan)
meskwabi-mins, mis'kwabi'mic (Ojibwa)
nespipam'k' (Malecite)
mamkawa'kousek (Abenaki)
mîkuâpemuku (Montagnais) |
| Uses: | | • | Medicinal plant [Chippewa: 86]. Chewed and placed on fresh cuts to stop bleeding [Mi'kmaq: 43]. Steeped and used for diarrhoea or to make a wash to cure eruptions caused by poison ivy or by other poisons [Chippewa: 85]. Chewed and applied to sore eyes. Steeped and used as a gargle in sore throat. Used in catarrh [Malecite: 65]. | | • | Bark : | Decoction from young bark used as an emetic in cold, cough and fever [Cree 42]. Peeled, mixed with another plant, boiled, and a cloth soaked in the solution is applied to sore eyes [Cree 13]. Applied to wounds to stop bleeding or drunk as a tea for cold [Algonquin 69]. Smoked [Ojibwa 86]. Infusion used to treat eye problems [Abenaki 67]. Boiled and used in a mixture with barks of poplar, birch and spruce to treat cough and cold [Dene 17]. Herbal water taken for diarrhoea and to induce vomiting [Cree 93]. | | • | Stems : | Tea taken for chest trouble and to cure stoppage of urine [Dene 13; Chipewyan 92]. | | • | Roots : | Tea drunk to treat dizziness [Dene 13; Chipewyan 92]. or stomach problems [Cree 96]. Mixed with other herbs in a decoction given to children to stop diarrhoea [Cree 13]. Mixed with Cornus alternifolia and Alnus incana in a decoction used as a wash or compress to treat sore eyes [Ojibwa 47]. Scraped and mixed with Aralia racemosa and smoked to treat headache [Malecite 65]. Used to treat aching muscles and soreness [Dene 17]. | | • | Fruits : | Boiled and taken to treat tuberculosis [Dene 98]. | | • | Fruits or pith : | Used to make a wash to treat snow blindness [Cree 95]. | | • | Pith : | Used in cataracts [Cree 95]. | | • | Bark and twigs : | Decoction used for skin or eye problems [Montagnais 71]. | | • | Leaves : | Crushed and used to treat burns, bee stings and insect bites [Dene 100]. |
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