Names
Shoshone:
Unknown
English: Ponderosa Pine
Scientific: Scientific name
Zone
Upper Foothills
Harvest Time
- Time not specified
- South of Red Desert; Bighorn mountains; “Laramie range”
Primary Uses
- Pine nuts
- Long needles used to make brooms and brushes
Secondary Uses
- None listed
Cautions
- None listed
Active Principle(s)
- None listed
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Notes
Medicinal Uses:
- Cancer: Inner bark as a poultice
- Congestion: Pitch swallowed
- Fever: Tea of needles to reduce fever
- Infection: Tea made of inner bark topical or internal
- Pain: Needle tea for muscle/ soreness
- Urinary Tract Infection: Needle tea