Indigenous

 

Food and Medicinal Uses:

Xwókw'eltel is a numbing medicine, and was used to treat toothaches.

It is also a diuretic, astringent, and antimicrobial.

It is used as an eye wash, and treatment for stomach pain and indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, stomach ulcers, coughs, sore throat, rheumatism, and menstrual disorders.

Also made into a wash to remove spots, freckles and "eruptions" from skin.

Was considered to be a contraceptive.

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