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Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Ojibwa Fiber, Sewing Material
Roots used as a sewing material.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 421
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Ojibwa, South Drug, Analgesic
Boiled, crushed leaves and bark used as herbal steam for headache and backache.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 198
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Ojibwa, South Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of crushed leaves and bark applied for headache.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 198
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Ojibwa, South Drug, Herbal Steam
Boiled, crushed leaves and bark used as herbal steam for headache and backache.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 198
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Potawatomi Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of fresh inner bark applied to wounds and inflammations.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 69, 70
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Potawatomi Drug, Other
Infusion of bark taken to drive out inflammation and to warm body.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 69, 70
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Potawatomi Drug, Veterinary Aid
Shredded inner bark mixed with feed to make horse's hide loose.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 69, 70
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Tamarack
USDA LALA
Potawatomi Food, Fodder
Shredded inner bark mixed with oats and fed to horses to make the hide of the animal loose.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 122
Ribes cereum Dougl.
Wax Currant
USDA RICEC2
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of branches with many other branches used to wash babies to make them strong. A decoction of the branches, squaw currant and red osier dogwood branches and the boughs of Douglas fir or tamarack was used to bathe babies four to six times over a period of several weeks to make them strong, independent and good natured.
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 226
Ribes cereum Dougl.
Wax Currant
USDA RICEC2
Thompson Drug, Strengthener
Decoction of branches with many other branches used to wash babies to make them strong. A decoction of the branches, squaw currant and red osier dogwood branches and the boughs of Douglas fir or tamarack was used to bathe babies four to six times over a period of several weeks to make them strong, independent and good natured.
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 226