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Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Common Chickweed
USDA STMEM 		Chippewa Drug, Eye Medicine
Decoction of leaves strained and used as a wash for sore eyes.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Common Chickweed
USDA STMEM 		Iroquois Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Poultice of plant fragments with other plants applied for swellings.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 41
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Common Chickweed
USDA STMEM 		Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Raw, compound poultice applied to cuts and wounds.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 317
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Common Chickweed
USDA STMEM 		Iroquois Food, Forage
Plant eaten by chickens.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 86