| Arnica cordifolia Hook. Heartleaf Arnica USDA ARCO9 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Love Medicine 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. 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 |
| Arnica cordifolia Hook. Heartleaf Arnica USDA ARCO9 |
Shuswap Drug, Eye Medicine Plant used for sore eyes. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 58 |
| Arnica cordifolia Hook. Heartleaf Arnica USDA ARCO9 |
Thompson Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed plant used for swellings. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 169 |
| Arnica cordifolia Hook. Heartleaf Arnica USDA ARCO9 |
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of mashed plant used for bruises and cuts. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 169 |
| Arnica cordifolia Hook. Heartleaf Arnica USDA ARCO9 |
Thompson Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Infusion of plant taken for tuberculosis. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 169 |