Asteraceae Arnica cordifolia Hook.

Heartleaf Arnica

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Love Medicine

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 75

View all documented uses for Arnica cordifolia Hook.

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Scientific name: Arnica cordifolia Hook.
USDA symbol: ARCO9 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Heartleaf Arnica
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Roots used as a love medicine. Roots were mixed with a robin's heart and tongue and with ochre paint. The mixture was dried and powdered. The user went into the water and faced east, recited certain words, mentioned the name of the person he desired and marked his face with the powdered arnica mixture.

RECRD: 12409 id: 4929

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