| Uses: | | • | Bulbs : | Boiled to make a poultice to be applied to wounds and contusions [Chippewa 85]. | | • | Mixed with the root of nibnatuguns, boiled and applied as a poultice on the bite of a dog [Chippewa: 85]. Boiled into a soup and taken to treat appendicitis. Tubers sticked into cavities to treat toothache [Cree: 93]. | | • | Roots : | Part of a compound medicine used for heart problems [Dene 13]. Used in stomach disorders [Algonquin 69]. Grinded, soaked in warm water and applied as a poultice to swelling or bruise. Mixed with staghorn sumach, blackberry root, mountain holly and mountain raspberry root and used in consumption, cough, and fever [Malecite 65]. |
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