Bleeding navel.
TYPHA LATIFOLIA and QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA
(Ind. Co-o-tem) (Ind. Qui-neel)
American Cat-tail is an aquatic grass inhabiting shallow, stagnant lakes and swamps and is very common on the Pacific coast of California. Tule is perhaps the name by which the plant is best known, although the other is also very common. This valuable grass has failed to find a place among the scientists of the world, as Tule is a purely Indian name, and is far from being identical with those so far being classified by botanical science. But Tule is medicinal and has healing properties which were made use of by the Indians to heal bleeding navels. Nothing could be better.
The blades of the grass were gathered and burned to the consistency of charcoal, then finely powdered and sprinkled on the bleeding parts.
When this couldn’t be obtained, the Indians further inland had recourse to the apples growing on the Scrub-Oak or Quercus agrifolia, and these were, of course, dried and powdered, and medicated with balsam oil. The salve proved to be very effective in healing the afflicted parts. In short, the results were first-class and saved the lives of many little Indian babies.