Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Orthopedic Aid Aerial stems used for sore legs. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 33 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Cree, Woodlands Drug, Poison Plant poisonous to touch and eat. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 33 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Gitksan Drug, Antihemorrhagic Decoction of root taken for hemorrhage. 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 53 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Gitksan Drug, Eye Medicine Decoction of root taken for 'cleaning the eyes of the blind.' 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 53 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Gitksan Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Decoction of roots taken for influenza and hemorrhage. 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 53 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Gitksan Drug, Respiratory Aid Decoction of root taken for shortness of breath. 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 53 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Gitksan Drug, Tonic Plant used in a spiritual spring tonic. Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Iroquois Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Compound decoction of roots and stems used as poultice on snake bites. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 278 |
Calla palustris L. Water Arum USDA CAPA |
Potawatomi Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of pounded root applied to swellings. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 40 |