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 |