uses: 28045
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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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28045 | 2968 | 259 | 10 | 104 | 2 | 8 | Pitch made into a salve and used for boils or cuts. The pitch ointment was left on the skin for three or four days. It was said to get quite itchy, but after a while, the pitch was removed with the bandage and then took effect. If the pitch stuck to the skin, it was not ready to remove. | 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 104 |