| Uses: | | • | Used as general medicine [Mi'kmaq: 62]. Steeped with other plants (Pyrola uliginosa, Baptisia tinctoria, Galium aperine, Aralia racemosa, Streptopus amplesifolius, Acer pennsylvanicum) and used for gonorrhea, kidney troubles and blood spitting [Algonquians: 63]. Used to strengthen the bones [Abenaki: 67]. Decoction used for fever and cold [44]. Chewed and bound on a rattle-snake bite as a poultice to draw out the poison. Boiled with wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) to make a fomentation to be applied for rheumatism [Ojibwa: 85]. | | • | Roots : | Used for menstrual disorders [Ojibwa 85]. Steeped and liquid taken to treat ulcers [Mi'kmaq 62]. |
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