In traditional herbal medicine the following notes apply to the species of this plant: The leaves and the root are astringent[172]. A poultice of the chewed leaves has been used as a dressing on burns[257]. The root bark is analgesic, astringent, disinfectant and stomachic[257]. A decoction is used in the treatment of stomach complaints[257]. A decoction has been used to lessen the pains of labour[257].

Rubus spectabilis Pursh Rosaceae. The cultivar 'Olympic Double' is a double form which does not bear fruit. Salmonberry. Perennial woody herb. Distribution: West coast of North America from Alaska to California. The fruit (technically, drupelets) look like a raspberry and are edible, made into jams and used to make a purple to dull blue dye. Moerman (1998) found them used by almost every North American tribe, mostly culinary for the fruits and young shoots. A favourite 'medicinal' use being the application of chewed sprouts to the head of a child to make him grow (Kwakiutl tribe). Linnaeus (1782) recommends Rubus for scurvy (as well as fevers, rashes, and coughing up blood).

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