| • | Mixed with Taxus canadensis in a tea used for rheumatism [Algonquin: 69]. |
| • | Bark, fruits, leaves, and roots : | Tea taken in fever [Metis 13]. |
| • | Bark : | Tea taken to treat bronchitis, cough and blood poisoning [Algonquin, Cree 69; Innu 72]. Steeped and taken in erysipelas [Malecite 65]. Compress used on swellings and sprain [Montagnais 71]. |
| • | Bark and branches : | Paste, sometimes mixed with Sorbus americana used for problems in shoulders, joints, nerves and heart [Montagnais 71]. |
| • | Inner bark : | Infusion to treat sore eyes [Cree 95]. Used on cuts, a tea drunk for colds, and boiled to a jelly used to treat burns [Algonquin 75]. Used for cough [Ojibwa 87; Montagnais 71]. |
| • | Wood : | Dried without bark and used in prickly heat or chafed skin [Malecite 65]. |
| • | Roots : | Decoction given for stomach pain or disorders [66; Ojibwa 84]. Grated and boiled in water to make a syrup applied to umbilical cord [Atikamekw 73]. Herbal water to treat whooping cough [Cree 93]. |
| • | Fruits : | Eaten raw to fight cough [Montagnais 71]. |
| • | Leaves or twigs : | Used to fight cough [Montagnais 71]. |