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Cercocarpus ledifolius
"too-be-buh-uh", "pee-wit-tah-oy", "too-been", "too-bee", "too-bee-nah-dye na-tiz-u-ah", "quoy-nudz-uh", "duh-he-yah tic-cup" (deer food), "tu-man-aben", "doh-numbe", "tu-nu-nambe", "tu-turumpen", "too-be-buh-ah", "toobin", "too-peek" (Moapa P); "dunumber" (P); "mountain mahogany"
Blood poison-
ing:
Bark ground, used as a poultice.
Blood puri-
fier:
Inner bark steeped, solution taken, doses 1/2 - 1 cup daily. Bark boiled, 1/2 to 1 glass cold decoction taken three times a day for a few days.
Blood tonic:
Tea from inside bark taken in 1/2 - 1 cup doses once a day for several days. Bark boiled, decoction taken. Bark peeled, dried, boiled till limber, decoction taken.
Burns:
Wood ground fine, applied to dry up blisters.
Consumption &
tuberculosis:
Bark dried, boiled, decoction taken over a long period. Bark not used, roots dug, dried in sun, boiled, decoction taken for tubercular cough. Bark dried, boiled a little at a time, decoction taken for tubercular cough. Bark mixed with Populus angustifolia bark, boiled, decoction taken every day as drinking water. Bark strips dried, cured two years before using, boiled, decoction taken. Bark mixed with stems and leaves of Purshia tridentata, boiled, cooled, taken often for chest pains and pain in lungs due to tuberculosis.
Coughs & colds:
Leaves dried, boiled, decoction taken. Tea made from bark, taken. Bark dried, boiled a little at a time, decoction taken. Inner bark scraped in a little water, solution taken. Bark dried, steeped in cold water, taken often for cough. Bark boiled in a little water, decoction taken over a long period for chronic cough.
Cuts:
Wood ground fine, applied. Bark boiled, decoction used as a wash.
Diarrhoea:
Bark boiled, decoction taken.
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