Uses: | • | Wood : | White rotten wood boiled in a decoction of Ledum latifolium, dried, powdered and used in dermatological problems [Cree 42]. | • | Buds : | Used in gonorrhoea [Cree 74]. | • | Bark : | Mixed with Tsuga canadensis and pine bark in an infusion used in treatment of consumption and other lung troubles [Cree 74]. Root bark and maple sugar cooked together to make a soothing syrup to alleviate stomach cramps [Ojibwa 87]. |
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