. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). 50 HERBS Most Hab. also cooked the roots like rutabaga. Early Spaniards made a medi- cine compounded from the roots for rheumatism. Pharmacopia says root and leaves acrid, irritant, poisonous; reputed carmina- tive (useful in expelling gas); stimulant for dyspepsia (indigestion). Indians inserted root pieces in tooth cavities to stop pain. For sore throat, they mashed root, soaked in water and used infusion as a gargle, or applied it as a poultice around the throat. H-37.
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). 50 HERBS Most Hab. also cooked the roots like rutabaga. Early Spaniards made a medi- cine compounded from the roots for rheumatism. Pharmacopia says root and leaves acrid, irritant, poisonous; reputed carmina- tive (useful in expelling gas); stimulant for dyspepsia (indigestion). Indians inserted root pieces in tooth cavities to stop pain. For sore throat, they mashed root, soaked in water and used infusion as a gargle, or applied it as a poultice around the throat. H-37. CYMOPTERUS, Cymop- terus sp. Small herbs with more or less finely-divided leaves; the yel- low, white or purple flowers gener- ally in ball-shaped umbels, often appearing perfectly round and con- gested; the wings or ribs of the seeds have undulate margins. Most states Basal leaves, white flowers and parsnip-like roots are eagerly sought after by Indians. They prepared them by drying and stored for later use. Only in young state can tubers be eaten. They were usually boiled. Water from old roots boiled was used as an insecticide. H-38. SNOW PLANT, Sarcodes sanguinea, Indian Pipe Fam, The bright red stem rises from thick roots, ending in a raceme of crim- son flowers. It is found in pine woods and the roots do not go down into the soil, but are cov- ered with fungus that lives on its host and in turn supplies the plant with food from the rotting veg- etation in the soil. It is thus saprophytic. Indians dried and powdered the herb and made it into awash for ulcers and sore mouth. It was also used to relieve toothache. The Paiutes are reported to boil the dried plant as a tea to be tak- en by pneumonia patients. But Pharmacopia sa^s the plant is reported to be poisonous. This is an example of a plant that should be used with great care on account of its possibility of poisoning the MCF CCF Ore. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images tha
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