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Fireweed - dwarf

Ital Katz
Latin Name: 
Epilobium latifolium
Categories: 
Medicine
By Type
Flowering Plants
Uses: 
Medicine
As medicine
The leaves of the tall fireweed and dwarf fireweed are chewed and applied to bee stings and bites.
Source: Andre, Alestine, Nan t'aih nakwits'inahtsìh (The Land Gives Us Strength) (2006)   

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