(Limber Pine)

Names

Shoshone:
Unknown

English: Limber Pine

Scientific: Scientific name

Zone

Upper Foothills

Harvest Time

  • Time not specified
    • South of Red Desert, Bighorn Mountains; “Laramie” Range

Primary Uses

  • None listed

Secondary Uses

  • None listed

Cautions

  • None listed

Active Principle(s)

  • None listed

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Notes

Medicinal Uses:

  • Congestion: Pitch swallowed
  • Fever: Teta of needles to reduce fever
  • Glomerulitis: Needle tea
  • Healing: Needle tea for infections internal and external together
  • Infection: Tea made of inner bark topical or internal
  • Kidney Nephritis: needle tea
  • Lungs: Pitch swallowed as an expectorant
  • Pain: Needle tea for muscle pain/soreness
  • Pneumonia: Needle tea to bring up phlegm
  • Rash: Needle tea to prevent infection
  • Skin: Sap plus fat to remove foreign materials from under skin
  • Urinary Tract Infection: Needle tea
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