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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