| Uses: | | • | Seeds : | Dried and used as a poultice for burns [Cree, Metis 13]. Poultice used in skin disorders, cuts, burns and bee stings [Cree 96]. | | • | Leaves : | Greased and layed on a sore twice a day [Malecite 65]. | | • | Roots : | Used in diabetes [Cree 83]. Crushed by pounding or chewing and applied as a poultice to sores [Ojibwa 84]. Poultice applied to wounds and infections [Algonquin 69]. Boiled and used to wash skin infections. Compress applied to treat sore throat [Cree 80]. Medicinal [Chipewyan 92]. | | • | Stalk : | Burned and the ashes applied to a skin rash, towel soaked in tea and applied to cure urinary tract problems [Dene 101]. |
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