ALDER THE ALDER TREE IS A MEMBER OF THE BIRCH FAMILY THAT IS VERY PROMINANT IN THE NORTHWEST COASTAL AREA. THEY CAN BE FOUND IN ANY WOODED AREA.COASTAL AND INLAND. MEDICINAL PARTS BARK BARK IS USEFULL IN THE TREATMENT OF JAUNDICE,DIOREA, AND GANGRENE TIPS BE SURE TO DRY THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE BARK AS WHEN IT IS GREEN IT CAN CAUSE SEVERE STOMACH CRAMPING AND VOMITING.THE INNER BARK BOILED IN VINEGAR USED TOPICALLY IS USEFULL IN TREATING LICE. BLACKBERRY NOT ONLY ARE THE BERRIES GREAT TO EAT IN THE FALL MANY OTHER PARTS OF THIS THORNY BUSH ARE VERY USEFULL MEDICINAL PARTS ROOTS LEAVES AND BERRIES USES MADE AS A TEA THE ROOTS AND LEAVES CAN BE USED UP TO 4 TIMES A DAY FOR CHRONIC DIOREA ,DYSENTARY AND CHOLERA IT IS ALSO HELPFULL FOR THE TREATMENT OF FEVERS. TOPICALLY A BRUISED LEAF IS USEFULL FOR HEMORRHOIDS. THE VINE AND FRUIT HAVE ALSO BEEN USED FOR DIOREA. BUTTERCUP THIS FLOWER WHICH IS ALSO CALLED RANUNCUIS IS INDIGENOUS TO THE NORTHWEST AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. MEDICINALL PARTS LEAVES AND FLOWERS USES THE S KLALLAM USED BUTTERCUP TEA MADE FROM DRIED FLOWERS IN VERY SMALL DOSES TO TREAT TUBERCULOSIS.IT HAS ALSO BEEN USED BY HERBALISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SHINGLES AND SCIATICA BOTH INTERNALLY AND TOPICALLY. TOPICALLY IT CAN BE USED TO REMOVE WARTS AND CAN RELIEVE GOUTY AND RHEUMATIC JOINTS. TIPS THIS CAN BE A TOXIC FLOWER. TAKE IN SMALL DOSES NOT TO EXCEED 3 CUPS OF TEA A DAY. TOPICAL APPLICATIONS USED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD MAY CAUSE BLISTERS AND ULCERS. CASCARA THIS SMALL TREE CAN BE FOUND IN THE NORTHWEST AND ALL THE WAY OVER TO IDAHO AND DOWN TO CALIFORNIA. IT IS A SMALL TREE WITH DULL GREEN LEAVES AND BLACK FRUIT IN THE LATE SPRING AND SUMMER MEDICINALL PARTS BARK USES ONLY USE AGED BARK.COLLECT BARK IN THE SPRINGTIME AND ALLOW TO SIT IN A BROWN PAPER BAG OR IN A DARK ROOM FOR UP TO A YEAR.DILUTE IT AS A TEA WHEN READY.CASCARA IS A LAXITIVE AND THEREFORE USEFULL FOR TREATING CONSTIPATION. DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION.THIS HERB IS NOW USED IN PHARMACEUTICALLY MADE MEDICATIONS FOR CONSTIPATION CEDAR CEDAR HAS BEEN USED IN THE FASHIONING OF MATS CLOATHS,FRAMES AND RACKS,FISH TRAPS,DRUMS,CANOES,TOTEM POLES AND MUCH MORE YELOW CEDAR THE BARK OF THE YELLOW CEDAR HAS BEEN USED AS BANDAGES.YOU CAN CHEW THE LEAVES AND APPLY TO SKIN AS A POULTICE,SOAKING IN A BATH OF CEDAR IS GOOD FOR SORES. CEDAR USED IN A SWEAT BATH IS GOOD FOR ARTHRITIS.DRAWING THE EXTRACT FROM THE TIPS OF THE BRANCHES OF THE YELLOW CEDAR CAN BE DRUNK FOR GENERALISED ILNESS. RED CEDAR THE INNER BARK 4 PIECES OF IT APPROXIMATELY 4 FINGERS WIDTH, SERVED AS A COVERING FOR CARBUNCLES.AS A POULTICE ALONG WITH HELLEBORE LEAVES,LEAVES OF THE RED CEDAR WERE BENEFICIAL FOR SORE BACKS.SHREDDED CEDAR BASK WAS USED TO CAUTERIZE SORES. CHOKE CHERRY THIS WILD CHERRY TREE HAS A BLACKISH ROUGH BARK WITH FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN MAY AND JUNE. ITS FRUIT WHICH IS VERY DELICIOUS, BLOOMS IN THE LATE SUMMER MEDICINALL PARTS BARK USES THE S KLALLAM USED THE BARK AS TEA TO EASE AN UPSET STOMACH AND CHEST COLDS. IT IS KNOWN TO CALM RESPITORY NERVES FOR COUGHS AND ASTHMA. TIPS THE YOUNG OUTER BARK IS BEST TO USE CRAB APPLE THIS TREE CAN BE FOUND IN THE NORTHWEST AREA ESPECIALLY BY THE BEACH. IT HAS FRUIT THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE A MINIATURE APPLE. MEDICINAL PARTS BARK USES THE BARK OF THE WILD CRAB APPLE TREE IS USED AS A LAXATIVE DEVILS CLUB THIS HERB CAN BE FOUND ON CREEK BOTTOMS IT HAS STICKERS THAT ARE CONSIDERE POISONOUS,SO BE CAREFULL WHEN HARVESTING THIS PRICKLY YET VERY MEDICINALL HERB. MEDICINALL PARTS ROOT THIS HERB WAS USED BY THE S,KLALLAM TO ALLEVIATE ARTHRITUS INFLAMATION AND PAIN. ELDERBERRY ELDERBERRY IS INDIGENOUS IN MANY AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. THERE STAR SHAPED FLOWERS BLOOM IN JUNE AND JULY AND THE BERRIES MATURE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER MEDICINALL PARTS ROOTS LEAVES BERRIES AND INNER BARK USES ALL PARTS OF THE PLANT ARE USEFULL AS A REMEDIE FOR HEADACHES ,COLDS,JAUNDICE,RHEUMATISM,EPILEPSY ANS SYPHILIS.THE INNER BARK AS A TEA OR CHEWED IS AN EMETIC AND CATHARIC TIPS WHEN THE RED ELDERBERRIES BEGIN TO TURN RED THAT IS THE TIME TO HARVEST YOUR FOAM BERRIES TO MAKE INDIAN ICE CREAM. FIREWEED FIREWEED SEEMS TO THRIVE IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CLEARE BY BURNING AND IN MOIST WOODED AREAS SUCH AS THE NORTHWEST COAST. THE BUSH GROWS TO ABOUT 1 TO 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND THE WHITE FLOWERS BLOOM FROM JULY UNTILL OCTOBER. MEDICINALL PARTS ROOT FLOWER USES AS A TEA FIREWEED IS GOOD FOR BREAKING UP EXCESS MUCUS IN THE BODY IT IS ALSO HELPFULL FOR COLDS ALLERGIES, HAY FEVER, TONSILITUS,AND PAIN IT IS ALSO USED FOR KIDNEY AND STOMACH AILMENTS. FIR TREE THE PITCH OF THE FIR TREE CAN BEE MELTED,COOLED ND USED FOR CATERACTS BE AWARE THAT THIS METHOD BURNS THEY EYE BUT IS VERY BENEFICIAL. HORSE TAIL HORSE TAIL ARE CONELIKE PLANTS THAT SPREAD OUT NEEDLE SHAPED LEAVES IN THE EARLY SPRING. THEY CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST ESPECIALLY IN WET,MOIST AREAS LIKE RIVERS AND STREAMS.IT CAN ALSO GROW IN SANDY AREAS SUCH AS ALONG ROADS. MEDICINAL PARTS THE WHOLE PLANT USES HORSETAIL IS CONSIDERED A GOOD SPRING TONIC BY THE S KLALLAM.PEEL AND COOK ON A STOVE UNTILL WILTED, OR EAT THEM RAW. THE PLANT CAN BE COOKED LIKE AN ASPARAGUS AND THE STEMS CAN BE MADE INTO A TEA FOR KIDNEY DISORDERS AND AS A DIURETIC A TEA OF THE PLANT COOLED CAN BE USED AS EYEDROPS FOR CONJUCTIVITUS,OR THE TEA CAN BE USED FOR DISCHARGES OF THE EAR EAR,NOSE,AND THROAT. SIMMERED FOR A HLF AN HOUR AND THEN COOLE,HORSE TAIL CAN BE USED TOPICALLY AS A COMPRESS FOR OLD INJURIES AND WOUNDS TIPS HORSEAIL CAN ALSO BE USED TO WASH YOUR DISHES ANY TEAS MADE SHOULD BE MADE FRESH DAILY. HUCKELBERRIES HUCKELBERRIES ARE ANOTHER TASTY BERRIE THAT GROW ALL OVER THE NORTHWEST STATES. MEDICINALL PARTS BERRIES LEAVES AND BARK USES THE BARK IS MADE INTO A TEA FOR COLDS. THE BERRIES ARE VERY HIGH IN VITAMIN C WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BOOST THE IMUNE SYSTEM ESPECIALLY WHEN GETTING A COLD OR FLU. THE BERRIES CAN ALSO BE USED FOR TREATIN ANEMIA AND URINARY PROBLEMS SUCH AS BLADDER AND KIDNEY INFECTIONS.THE LEAVES HAVE BEEN HIGHLY REGAURDED AS A NATURALTHERAPY FOR DIABETIES AS THEY CAN LOWER BLOOD SUGAR THAT IS OCCASIONALLY HIGH. KNICK KNICK THIS HERB IS ALSO CALLED UVA URSI. IT HAS BEEN USED BY INDIAN PEPLES ACCROSS THE UNITED STATES AS AN ADDITIVE TO TABACCO FOR SPECIALL OCCASIONS. MEDICINALL PARTS LEAVES USES THE LEAVES WERE CHEWED FOR AN ENERGY BOOSTER. THEY ARE ALSO USED FOR URINARY INFECTIONS,BLOOD IN THE URINE AND GOOD IN THE POST PARTUM PERIOD FOR WOMEN TO PREVENT INFECTIONS. LICORICE FERN LICORICE FERN WILL GROW ON LARGE OLD GROWTH OR SECOND GENERATION TREES AS WELL AS TREES,LOGS OR STUMPS THAT ARE MOSSY.MAPLE TREES ARE A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK. MEDICINALL USES THE WHOLE FERN USES THE FERN CAN EITHER BE USED FOR DIOREA OR CONSTIPATION DEFINITELY BE SURE TO USE THE FERNS THAT GROW ON THE NORTHERN SIDE FOR CONSTIPATION AND ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE FOR DIOREA DONT MIX THEM UP. MADRONA MADRONA TREES ARE ANOTHER TREE THAT CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE NORTHWEST STATES.IT HAS RED SMOOTH BARK THAT GETS EXPOSED WHEN THE DARKER BARK PEELES AWAY.IT BLOOMS BERRIES IN THE FALL AND WINTER MEDICINALL PARTS THE LEAVES AND BARK USES THE YOUNG SMALL LEAVES CAN BE CHEWED TO HELP RELIEVE SORES IN THE MOUTH SUCH AS CANKER SORES AND SORE THROATS. THE BARK CAN BE PEELED OFF THE TREE, BOILED AS A TEA AND USED FOR DIOREAH,COLDS,AND COUGHS NETTLES THE MOST COMMAN TYPE OF NETTLE IS THE STINGING NETTLE WHICH MANY OF US MAY UNFORTUNATELY BE FAMILURE WITH OUCH THIS PLANT HAS LONG,DULL GREEN STALK WITH SOFT LEAVES WHOSE UNDERSIDE CONTAINS STINGING HAIRS. THEY BLOOM FROM APRIL UNTILL LATE SEPTEMBER AND OFTEN LONGER. MEDICINALL PARTS ROOTS AND STEMS USES MANY TRIBES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO COUNTERACT PAIN BY STRIKING THE AFFECTED AREA WITH NETTLES. THE ROOT CAN BE MADE INTO A TEA FOR STIFF AND PAINFULL JOINTS NETTLES ARE A GOOD SOURCE OF POTASIUM,VITAMINS A,C AND CHLOROPHILL. A TEA MADE FROM THE ROOT AND LEAVES ACTS AS A DIURETIC WHICH CAN HELP MILD HYPERTENSION AND EDEMA.IT HAS ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO HELP BREAK UP EXCESS MUCUSS IN THE BODY,SUCH AS IN ASTHMA, BRONCHITUS,AND DIOREA. THE SKLALLAM USED NETTLES AS A HAIR AND SCALP TONIC IT WAS ALSO USEFULL FOR REUMATISM,ARTHRITUS AND AS A SPRING TONIC.NETTLE JUICE RUBBED ON A WART IS USEFULL TREATMENT. TIPS FOR ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM YOU CAN USE A TEA UR RUB THE AFFECTED AREA WITH THE STINGING NETTLES INTACT, WHEN YOU HEAT UP THE NETTLES THEY LOSE THERE STING PRINCESS PINE IS ABUNDANT IN THE FOREST..IT HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN HERB USED BY THE S KLALLAM TRIBE.IT IS VERY COMMAN IN EASTERN WASHINGTON BUT HAS BEEN HARVESTED BY THE SKLALLAM FOR YEARS MEDICINAL PARTS LEAVES USES PRINCESS PINE HAS BEEN USED BY THE SKLALLAM FOR KIDNEYS AND BLADDer INFECTION.INFUSE AS TEA FROM THE DRIED LEAVES IT HAS ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO TREAT TUBERCULOSIS TIPS DO NOT USE MORE THAN 1OZ A DAY RINK THE FIRST CUP OF TEA QUICKLY AND THEN SIP FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. ROSEHIPS ROSEHIPS ARE THE PART OF THE ROSE BUSH THAT FORMS THE PLACE OF THE FLOWER THAT FALLS OF I THE LATE SUMMER WHEN THE HIPS TURN A RED BROWN THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO HARVEST THEM. WILD ROSES HAVE GROWN IN THE NORTHWEST FOR CENTURIES. USES ROSEHIPS WERE EATEN TO FRESHEN THE BREATH AND TO TREAT HEARTBURN.THEY ARE ALSO WONDERFULL TASTING TEA THAT IS HIGH IN VITAMIN C WHICH IS GOOD FOR COLDS AND FLU SEAWEED VARIOUS TYPES OF SEAWEED HAVE BEEN USED FOR WOMEN TO ASSIST IN THE BIRTHING PROCESS AND IT IS USED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD TO DILATE THE CERVIX.IT IS KNOWN TO HELP ALLEVIATE LABOR PAINS. SKUNK CABBAGE SKUNK CABBAGE IS A PLANT THAT GROWS IN WET LANDS IN THE NORTHWEST THAT HAVE VERY LARGE LEAVES.THEY WERE USED TO STEAM FOODS SUCH A SALMON,TO STORE LIQUIDS IN BASKETS AND WHEN DRIED AND GROUND THEY WERE USED TO THICKEN BOILING CURRANTS. MEDICINAL PARTS LEAVES USES WHEN THE LEAVES ARE WASHED AND HEATED THEY CAN BE USED AS A POULTICE FOR BOILS,CARBUNCLES,AND OTHER TYPES OF SKIN SORES. IF YOU STEAM THE LEAVES AND GRIND THEM UP THEY CAN BE USED AS A COMPRESS FOR SWOLLEN JOINTS.WRAP THE SWOLEN AREA WITH A LARGE LEAF. SQUIRELL TAIL SQUIRRELL TAIL HAS BEEn used BY THE SKLALLAM FOR YEARS. IT IS A PLANT WHICH CAN BE FOUND ALONG PATHS TOWARDS THE SOUND AND IN HEAVILLY WOODED AREAS.ITCAN ALSO BE FOUND ALONG THE BEACH BY PT JULIA MEDICINAL PARTS THE PLANT AND LEAVES USES SQUIRELL TAIL LEAVES ARE USED TO MAKE A POULTICE. THE POULTICE CAN BE APPLIED TO MEND AND HEAL SPRAINS,STRAINS AND BRUISES.YOU CAN ALSO SOAK THE AFFECTED AREA IN A TEA FORM OF THE PLANT. SWORD FERN THIS FERN CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE PUGET SOUND AREA AND ANYWHERE WHERE THERE IS ADEQUATE MOISTURE MEDICINALL PARTS THE YOUNG CURLED LEAVES USES THE YOUNG CURLED LEAVES FOUND IN THE SPRINGTIME ARE CHEWED TO HELP AID TONSILITUS AND SORE THROATS. TANSY THIS HERB GROWS LIKE A WEED IN THE NORTHWEST. THIS PLANT HAS GREEN FEATHERY LEAVES WITH YELLOW FLOWERS THAT LOOK LIKE A BUTTONS WHICH BLOOM IN THE EARLY SUMMER. MEDICINALL PARTS FLOWERS THIS IS A STRONG HERB THAT IS ABLE TO ELIMINATE ASCARIS AND PINWORM FROM THE BODY.AN OVERDOSE OF THIS HERB CAN BE VERY TOXIC. IT IS ALSO USED IN SMALL DOSES AS A DIAPHORETIC TO TREAT COLDS AND FLU. TIPS DRY THE FLOWERS AND USE ONLY ONE TEASPOON IN A CUP OF BOILING WATER UP TO 3 TIMES A DAY. THIMBLEBERRIE THESE BERRIES THAT GROW IN THE NORTHWEST COASTAL AREAS HAVE BEEN USED BY THE S KLALLAM AS WELL AS OTHER TRIBES IN THE AREA AS FOOD AND FOR HEALING PURPOSES.THE BERRIES ARE PURPLE AND RED AND SMALLER THAN THE BLACKBERRIE THEY LOOK LIKE THIMBLES.MEDICINAL PARTS THE YOUNG SPROUTS THIMBLEBERRIES ALONG WITH BLACKCAP SPROUTS WERE USED TO MAKE A SPRING TONIC BY THE S KLALAM THE BERRIES WERE OFTEN EATEN ALONG WITH DRIED SALMON EGGS VINE MAPLE BARK THIS LONG WOODY ROOT THAT THRIVES IN MOIST WOODED AREAS HAS A YELLOW TINGE TO IT AND HAS ROUND SMOOTH LEAVES.YELLOW FLOWERS BLOOM IN THE MID SUMMER AND GROWS A BLACK FRUIT IN THE LATE SUMMER. MEDICINAL PARTS ROOTS/BARK USES THE S KLALLAM USED THE BARK IN A TEA WHICH WAS POURED OVER WOUNDS TO TREAT INFECTION. THE ROOT HA BEEN KNOWN TO BE GOOD FOR BLOOD PURIFYING ,GOUT,RHEUMATISM,AND SKIN DISEASES. TIP WHEN MAKING TEA OUT OF THE BARK BE SURE TO STRAIN AND SETTLE OUT THE BARK TO AVOID LODGING ANYTHING IN THE WOUND