KASHAYA POMO PLANT USES

ANGELICA ROOT WAS CHEWED RAW. AFTER THE PLANT LEAFS OUT THE GREENS ARE NOT EATEN. SHAMANS SMOKE SHAVINGS FROM THE ROOT WHEN DOCTORING. WHEN SINGING THEY HELD A PIECE OF ROOTS IN THEIR MOUTHS. THE ROOT WAS CARRIED FOR PROTECTION FOR SNAKE BITES AND FROM EVIL SPIRITS.

BLACKBERRY TEA (RUBIS URSINUS)WAS USED FOR STOPPING DIARRHEA.

BRODIAEA CORM WAS BAKED IN HOT ASHES AS POTATOES. BLUE DICKS AND HARVEST LILY CORMS WERE BAKED IN HOT ASHES OR BOILED LIKE POTATOES. BUCKEYE ARE PUT IN BOILING WATER TO LOOSEN THE HUSK. NUT MEAT IS RETURNED TO BOILING.

OLDER METHOD IS TO PEEL NUTS AND ROAST THEM IN ASHES UNTIL THEY ARE SOFT. THEN THEY CRUSHED THEM AND LEACHED THE ACORNS.

BULRUSH IS A ROOT THAT WAS USED FOR BASKETS. THEY BURIED THE ROOT UNTIL IT TURNED BLACK. ALSO EATEN WERE BUNGRASS, WILD CUCUMBER, ELDERBERRIES, AND ROOTS.

BRACKEN FERN ROOT WAS POUNDED AND USED FOR BASKET DESIGN. THEY ALSO ATE TARWEED AND MANZANITA BERRIES FOR PINOLE.

THEY USED YERBA BUENA TEA TO PURIFY THEIR BLOOD, AND IT MAKES YOU SLEEPY. YARROW JUICE WAS PUT ON SORES.

GIFFORD 1965