Names
Shoshone:
new·wuh·bownh
English: Bearberry
Scientific: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Zone
Upper Foothills
Harvest Time
- Berries in fall – food leaves for medicine and for smoking
Primary Uses
- Dry the berries or freeze for them to taste like apples
- UTI’s
Secondary Uses
- Mix with tobacco to smoke in pipe
Cautions
- None listed
Active Principle(s)
- Ericolin
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Notes
Medicinal Uses
- Abrasion: Leaf infusion
- Antibacterial: Leaf tea
- Glomerulitis: Leaf tea
- Infection: Tea to treat UTI or topical
- Kidney Nephritis: leaf tea
- Kidney stones: Leaf tea along with bedstraw
- Urinary Tract Infection: Leaf tea
- Vitamin C: Berry as food
- Wounds: Leaf infusion part of topical dressing
Process Prep
- Dry leaves
- 1 tsp/cup