Names
Shoshone:
English: American Bistort
Scientific: Polygonum bistortoides
Zone
Alpine
Harvest Time
- Spring and early summer
Primary Uses
- Root: eaten fried, or in stews
Secondary Uses
- Cure for scurvy
- Roots: wound dressing
Cautions
- None Listed
Active Principle(s)
- None listed
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Notes
Medicinal Uses
- Abrasion: Root poultice
- Antibacterial: Mashed roots
- Anti-inflammatory: Mashed roots
- Bleeding: Mashed roots to stop bleeding
- Burns: Mashed roots applied to burns
- Diarrhea: Roots eaten as food
- Healing: Root poultice applied to all wounds
- Hemorrhoids: Roots eaten as food
- Infection: Root poultice
- Intestinal Health: Roots eaten for parasites
- Liver: Roots eaten for jaundice
- Rash: Root poultice
- Stings: Root poultice
- Ulcers: Roots
- Vitamin C: Plants with roots
- Wounds: astringent
General Notes:
- Good food and medicine
- Astringent
Process Prep:
- Cook roots as food
- Mash roots as medicine