| Uses: | | • | Inner bark : | Infusion taken to cure diarrhoea [Cree 95]. Powdered and mixed with boiling water to obtain a paste applied to sore throat [Atikamekw 73]. | | • | Bark and roots : | Tea prepared with bark and root of Pinus banksiana, Pinus strobus, Quercus rubra and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi given in fainting and fits [Ojibwa 86]. | | • | Roots : | Tea given in stomach troubles, fainting and trembling [Ojibwa 86]. Boiled until thick and used to treat skin cancer, taken internally to treat kidney ailments [Mi'kmaq 62]. Twigs Infusion used to activate lactation after childbirth [Atikamekw 73]. |
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