uses: 15092
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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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15092 | 1648 | 92 | 41 | 71 | 2 | 36 | Decoction of bark, infusion of bark or chewed bark used as a laxative. It was believed that the bigger the tree, the stronger the medicine. Thick bark from the larger trees was used if a very strong dose was required; thin bark from young trees was used for a mild dose. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 71 |