. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). MCF CCF Str. Wd. Ore. Wash. Calif. Ida. \V. HERBS leaves in 12 quarts of water is a remedy for bruises; taken internally it stops bleeding, H-19. ALUM ROOT, Heuchera micrantha, Saxifrage Fam, l'-2l/2' tall perennial, with stout rootstock (having alum-like taste); bas- al leaves round and toothed; long flowering stems have panicles of small white flowers, Indians eat leaves first in the Spring, boiled and steamed. After steaming, some are dried and stored for future u
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). MCF CCF Str. Wd. Ore. Wash. Calif. Ida. \V. HERBS leaves in 12 quarts of water is a remedy for bruises; taken internally it stops bleeding, H-19. ALUM ROOT, Heuchera micrantha, Saxifrage Fam, l'-2l/2' tall perennial, with stout rootstock (having alum-like taste); bas- al leaves round and toothed; long flowering stems have panicles of small white flowers, Indians eat leaves first in the Spring, boiled and steamed. After steaming, some are dried and stored for future use. The pounded root, wet, was used on sores and swellings; steeped, it was used as an eye-wash; also small amounts drunk to stop diarrhea, A tonic of the boiled roots was taken a half-cupful a day for general debility, or three half cups a day to stop fever. The drug, Heuchera, is antiseptic and astrin- gent. In Materia Medica, alumroot is given for gastorenteritis, nausea, vomiting, etc, H-20. LUPINES, Lupinus Pea Fam, (L, andersonii. An- derson's Lupine, in illustration). Mainly perennial herbs with palmately-compound leaves; pea-like flowers on long stalks, blue, but some flowers are yellow, white, purplish or reddish-col- ored. A widespread genus, good forage, and ploughed-under is a good fertilizer, Virgil called it "Sad Lu- pine", as seeds were used by the poor, being boiled to remove bitter taste. In 1640, Parkinson wrote: "seed meal and honey takes away black and blue spots. " Most states Indians made a tea from w. Can. |-|^g seeds and used it med- icinally, especially to help urination. Early in the Spring, leaves and flowers were stripped off and steamed, then eaten with acorn soup. Seeds often dan-, p" - 5^ " gerous because of alkaloids. Most Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may
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