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Delaware
Poultice of pitch applied to draw out the poison and pain from
boils.
Pitch applied to boils to "draw out the poison and reduce the
pain."
Infusion of twigs taken for kidney disorders.
Powder from decayed plant used on babies "because of its
healing properties."
Infusion of twigs taken for pulmonary diseases.
Powder from decayed plant used on babies "because of its
healing properties."
Iroquois
Decoction of raw bark taken
for rheumatism.
Infusion of young trees taken as a blood tonic, "don't
vomit."
Compound decoction taken for colds, coughs and rheumatism.
Steam from decoction of bark inhaled for head cold.
Compound decoction or infusion taken for colds, coughs or
rheumatism.
Powdered wood used on chafed babies, sores and improperly healed
navels.
Compound decoction used as wash and compound poultice applied to
deep cuts.
Decoction of bark used for skin eruptions and scabs.
Poultice used for drawing thorns and slivers.
Strained, compound poultice used for cuts, bruises, sores and
scabs on face.
Compound decoction used as salve for cuts and wounds.
Decoction of shaved knots, "better than penicillin,"
used for poison ivy.
Decoction of knots taken for consumption and to increase appetite.
Decoction of one knot taken to vomit for regular consumption.
Decoction of branches taken as a spring emetic.
Decoction used as an emetic "when someone dies and you can't
forget it."
Raw bark taken for stomach, rheumatism, cramps and stiff limbs.
Compound decoction taken for shortness of wind, gall and to clean
stomach.
Compound decoction taken for shortness of wind, gall and to clean
stomach.
Raw bark taken to prevent typhoid.
Decoction of leaves used as a wash for non-walking 2 or 3 year old
infants.
Compound poultice of leaves bound to broken bones.
Poultice of gum applied to broken coccyx.
Raw bark taken for stomach, rheumatism, cramps and stiff limbs.
Compound used as a sugar medicine.
Leaves burned in spring and fall, smoke used to fill the house and
prevent all sickness.
Decoction of leaves used as a wash for non-walking 2 or 3 year old
infants.
Powdered wood used on chafed babies, sores and improperly healed
navels.
Decoction used as an emetic "when someone dies and your can't
forget it."
Compound decoction of bark taken by fat people for breathing
difficulties.
Compound decoction taken for shortness of wind, gall and to clean
stomach.
Salve applied to chest for chest cold and taken for infections and
sore throats.
Salve applied to chest for chest cold and taken for infections and
sore throats.
Decoction of knots taken for consumption and to increase appetite.
Decoction of one knot taken to vomit for regular consumption.
Decoction of twigs taken for scrofula and used for boils on horses
necks.
Compound decoction used as a salve on dry, cracked, venereal
diseased penis.
Decoction of twigs taken for scrofula and used for boils on horses
necks.
Burning branch smoke drove away ghosts from the house of returning
people.
Smoke from plant used as a wash for a person who has seen a dead
person. Species used
for food.
Menominee
Infusion of bark, an important medicine, taken for chest pain.
Poultice of pounded inner bark applied to sores.
Poultice of pounded bark applied to wounds, sores or ulcers.
Micmac
Bark, leaves and stems used for colds, coughs and grippe.
Bark used for wounds and sap used for hemorrhaging.
Boiled inner bark used for sores and swellings.
Sap used for hemorrhaging and plant parts used for kidney trouble.
Sap used for hemorrhaging and plant parts used for kidney trouble.
Bark, leaves and stems used for colds, coughs and grippe.
Inner bark, bark and leaves used for scurvy.
Bark used to make a beverage. Wood
used for kindling and fuel.
Mohegan
Poultice of sap or gum applied for boil and abscess pains.
Cold infusion of bark taken for colds.
Bark, sap or gum used for coughs, colds and boils.
Infusion of bark taken for coughs and colds.
Infusion of dried inner bark used as a cough remedy.
Infusion of bark used for stubborn cough and pitch chewed for
cough.
Sap or gum applied to boil or abscess pains.
Montagnais
Boiled gum taken for sore throats, colds and consumption.
Ojibwa
Plant used for medicinal purposes.
Dried leaves used as a reviver or inhalant.
Bark and cones used medicinally.
Boiled, crushed leaves used as herbal steam for headache and
backache.
Poultice of crushed leaves applied for headaches.
Boiled, crushed leaves used as herbal steam for headache and
backache.
Young staminate catkins of this pine cooked for food and stewed
with meat.
Pitch from boiled cones and resin used for caulking and
waterproofing.
Boughs used on the ground or floor, covered with blankets and
other bedding and used as a bed. Pitch from boiled cones and
resin used for caulking and waterproofing.
Potawatomi
Pitch or resin of wood and bark used as the base for a salve.
Pitch rendered from the bark or cone and used to caulk boats and
canoes.
Shinnecock
Infusion of bark used for stubborn cough and pitch chewed for
cough.
Cherokee
Wood used for lumber.
Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes.
Wood used to carve.
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