ANGELICA ROOT WAS CHEWED RAW. APPARENTLY THE GREENS ARE EATEN BEFORE THE PLANT LEAFS OUT. SHAMANS SMOKED SHAVINGS FROM THE ROOT WHEN DOCTORING. WHEN SINGING THEY HELD A PIECE OF ROOT IN THEIR MOUTHS. THE ROOT WAS CARRIED FOR PROTEIN.
BLACKBERRY (RUBUS URSINUS) TEA WAS USED FOR STOPPING DIARRHEA.
BRODIAEA CORM BAKED IN HOT ASHED FOR POTATOES. THE BLUE DICK CORM OR ROOT WAS EATEN. THE HARVEST LILY CORM WAS BAKED IN HOT ASHES OR BOILED - EATEN LIKE POTATOES.
BUCKEYE ARE PUT IN BOILING WATER TO LOOSEN THE HUSK. THAT IS REMOVED TO BOILING WATER. OLDER METHOD IS TO PEEL NUTS AND ROAST THEM IN ASHES UNTIL THEY ARE SOFT. THEN CRUSHED AND LEACHED LIKE ACORNS. BULRUSH ROOT WAS USED FOR BASKETS. THEY BURIED THE ROOT UNTIL IT WAS BLACK. THEY ALSO ATE BUNGRASS, WILD CUCUMBER, ELDERBERRY, OTHER BERRIES, MANZANITA BERRIES, AND TARWEED SEEDS THEY USED BRACKEN FERN ROOT FOR THEIR BASKET DESIGN. YERBA BUENA TEA PURIFIED THE BLOOD AND IT MAKES YOU SLEEPY. YARROW JUICE WAS PUT ON SORES.
GIFFORD 1965
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