| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Bella Coola Drug, Diuretic Decoction of pounded branches taken as a diuretic and for gonorrhea. 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 55 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of pounded branches taken for gonorrhea and as a diuretic. 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 55 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Bella Coola Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of pounded branches and fruits taken as a diuretic for gonorrhea. Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 206 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Pistillate catkins used as an ingredient in lures. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 46 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Ojibwa Dye, Brown In the fall, the branch tips grow into an abortive scale and boiled to yield a brown dye stuff. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 425 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Ojibwa Dye, Yellow Seeds boiled to obtain a yellow dye. Jenness, Diamond, 1935, The Ojibwa Indians of Parry Island, Their Social and Religious Life, National Museums of Canada Bulletin #78, Anthropological Series #17, page 114 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Potawatomi Food, Preservative Plant used to line the blueberry pail to keep the berries from spoiling. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 121 |
| Myrica gale L. Sweetgale USDA MYGA |
Potawatomi Other, Insecticide Plant thrown onto the fire to make a smudge and keep away mosquitoes. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 121 |