Names

Shoshone:
doy.yah.zoe.nahh

English: Wyoming Paintbrush

Scientific: Castilleja linarifolia

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• Not Specified

Primary Uses

• Poultice can suppress skin cancer tumor growth
• Potherb

Secondary Uses

• Trail food raw

Cautions

• Do not eat if nearby species are poisonous

Active Principle(s)

• Carotenoids, Vitamin C, Selenium

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Notes

Process Prep:

• Food raw or cooked
• Medicine crushed above-ground parts

General Notes:

• There are more than 60 species in Wyoming

Medicinal Uses:

• Abrasion: Fresh plant poulticed on skin
• Antibacterial: Mashed plant applied to wounds
• Anti-inflammatory: Mashed plant (fresh) on wound
• Cancer: Chewed bracts and leaves for skin cancer
• Immune: Poultice stimulates local immunity

Names

Shoshone:
doo.see.geep

English: Globe Mallow

Scientific: Sphaeralcea coccinia

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• June or July

Primary Uses

• Use after fasting to stimulate digestion
• Mix with other bitter medicines for a sweeter taste “adjuvant”

Secondary Uses

• Use as tea

Cautions

• None listed

Active Principle(s)

• Glucopolysaccharides for pre-biotic gut environment

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Notes

Medicinal Uses:

• Abrasion: Chewed roots poulticed
• Antibacterial: crushed roots
• Anti-inflammatory: Mashed leaf tea for inflamed intestine
• Appetite Suppression: Leaves and flowers make a sweet tea
• Bleeding: Chewed rots put on bleeding wounds
• Burns: Chewed roots applied to burned skin
• Chest: Whole plant tea to clear chest congestion
• Cough: Root tea
• Detox: Upper plant tea to clean out intestines “prebiotic”
• Glomerulitis: Leaf tea to clean urinary tract
• Healing: Soothing antimicrobial poultice
• Hemorrhoids: Chewed leaves and flowers with tobacco and saliva
• Intestinal Health: Leaf tea
• Kidney Nephritis: Whole plant tea
• Liver: Used with echinacea for liver health
• Lungs: Whole plant tea to improve breathing
• Skin: Acne treatment with echinacea and yellow dock
• Stomach: Tea for upset stomach
• Swelling: Poultice of whole plant
• Spiritual Healing: Tea to treat diseases caused by bad spirits “witchcraft”
• Throat: Tea as sore throat medicine
• Ulcers: Tea
• Urinary tract infection: Tea
• Wounds: Wound dressing

Process Prep

• Crushed plant as tea or poultice
• Use as tea

Names

Shoshone:
Unknown

English: Rockrose Evening Primrose

Scientific: Oenothera caespitosum

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• Early Spring

Primary Uses

• Roots used for skin injury disinfectant and sopository for hemorrhoids. Seeds used as a anti-depressant
• Peel root, apply to wound

Secondary Uses

• Root as a soothing dressing
• Flower-perfume

Cautions

• Immune response

Active Principle(s)

• Quercetin- Fox Oenothin- as disinfectant agent

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Notes

Medicinal Uses

• Allergy: Mashed roots applied to skin
• Anti-inflammatory: Mashed roots
• Anxiety: Crushed seeds in food
• Bleeding: Mashed root poultice
• Burns: Mashed root poultice
• Mental Health: Mashed seeds eaten for depression
• Osteoporosis: Seeds eaten with food
• Skin: Seeds eaten for dry or flakey skin

Process Prep

• Seeds are crushed and can be steeped in oil for depression or skin conditions. Wound care – peel root and apply to wound

Names

Shoshone:
Unknown

English: Bulbous Spring Parsley

Scientific: Cymopterus bulbosa

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• Dig in early June
  • Must peel root skin promptly

Primary Uses

• There are many types, mainly biscuit root, making up carbohydrate foods. Tops are also edible (15-18 in Wind River + Red Desert)
• Roots for bread flour
• tops eaten raw or dried and cooked in stews or soups, good flavor!

Secondary Uses

• Seeds as spice in soups/stews

Cautions

• None listed

Active Principle(s)

• None listed

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Notes

Medicinal Uses:

• Intestinal Health: Cooked seeds as a digestive aid
• Old People’s Medicine: Cooked seeds to aid digestion
• Vitamin C: Leaves and flowers, raw or cooked

Process Prep

• Grind roots in flour for bread, gotsup, biscuits, hard tack
• Peel skin off roots promptly after harvest

Names

Shoshone:
Unknown

English: Fanweed/Pennycress

Scientific: Thlaspi arvense

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• Spring and summer

Primary Uses

• Leaves and seeds used for flavoring. Crush seeds, put vinegar on, and a little oil. Seeds sprinkled as a crunch spice, or make sauce for meat
• Food: Seeds and leaves

Secondary Uses

• Seeds can be crushed and used in a mustard plaster on wounds
• Seeds ground into powder as a disinfectant for wounds

Cautions

• None listed

Active Principle(s)

• Isothiocyanate and mustard oil

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Notes

Medicinal Uses:

• Antibacterial: ground seeds sprinkled on wounds
• Old People’s Medicine: Eaten with food as treatment for rheumatism
• Vitamin C: Leaves
• Wounds: Seeds powdered and put into open wounds

Names

Shoshone: Unknown

English: Rock Cress

Scientific: Arabis drummondii

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• Early Summer

Primary Uses

• Food: Leaves, roots, flowers in soups and stews

Secondary Uses

• None listed

Cautions

• None listed

Active Principle(s)

• None listed

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Notes

General Notes:

• Vitamin C in leaves and stems and flowers
• Leaves, flowers, roots put in stews and soups

Process Prep:

• Dry roots and then pound into flour

Names

Shoshone:
Unknown

English: Draba Mustard

Scientific: Draba oligsperma

Zone

Desert

Harvest Time

• Spring

Primary Uses

• Foods: trail food or flavoring in soup

Secondary Uses

• None listed

Cautions

• None listed

Active Principle(s)

• None listed

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Notes

General Notes:

• Vitamin C in leaves and flowers
• Raw or cooked- flowers have a mild mustard flavor
• Flowers used as a spice

Process Prep:

• Fresh in soups and stews