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Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Bella Coola Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of root taken for body pain, but not pain in the limbs.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 65
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Bella Coola Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of root taken for diarrhea.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 65
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Bella Coola Drug, Antiemetic
Decoction of root taken for vomiting.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 65
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Bella Coola Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of root taken for hemorrhage, body pain and heart trouble.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 65
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Bella Coola Drug, Heart Medicine
Decoction of root taken for heart trouble, hemorrhage and pain.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 65
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Ojibwa Drug, Gynecological Aid
Infusion of plant used for caked breast and to ease lactation.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 364365
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Ojibwa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Plant used in the same manner as the Canada hawkweed to attract a doe to them for a close shot.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 429
Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
Tall Blue Lettuce
USDA LABI
Potawatomi Drug, Unspecified
Plant used as a medicine for unspecified illnesses.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 52