Table 2 Botanical remedies

Angelica archangelica (wild celery)

T1 p. 54

milk stabilizer and supplement

add young plants (Sami: fadno) to milk

A: [12, 13]

B: [57–59]

T1 p. 54

food source

flavor old plants (Sami: boska) with salt and eat

A: [12, 13]

B: [57–59]

Betula pubescens (downy birch)

T1 p. 125

itchy skin

rub affected area with ashes

A: [12]

B: [58]

C: [51]

T1 p. 129

inability to pass afterbirth

grind up downy birch buds (Betulina pubescens), mix with hot reindeer milk, sorrel, and water, and give to mother to drink

A: [12]

B: [58, 59]

C: [20, 51]

Betula sp.(birch)

T1 p. 54

coffee preparation (a drink)

use a bracket fungus, grain, and birch sap (Betula sp.)

B: [58–60]

T1 p. 124

swelling and drawing out pus from a boil

apply a thin layer of birch bark (Betula sp.) to the affected area

A: [12]

B: [58]

Coffea arabica (coffee)

T1 p. 121

headaches

massage head and neck, pull hair at the apex of the head, wash the head in hot coffee

A: [12]

C: [61]

Ferula assafoetida (stinking assa)

T2 XXXIX

parasites in dogs

give the dog stinking assa (Ferula assafoetida) and sulfur to eat

A: [12, 62, 63]

B: [62]

C: [62, 64–66]

Lichen (sod)

T2 XVIII

earth bostta

rub a piece of sod (possibly including lichens) on affected area

B: [58]

C: [67, 68]

(Usnea sp.)

T1 p. 54

bread preparation

use beard lichen (Usnea sp.), other lichens, inner bark of a pine tree (Pinus sylvestris), with a little flour added

B: [58–60]

C: [47]

Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)

T1 p. 54

bread preparation

use beard moss (Usnea sp.), lichens, inner bark of a pine tree (Pinus sylvestris), with a little flour added

A: [12]

B: [58–60]

C: [47]

T1 p. 55

stomach ailments

boil reindeer brains with pine bark (Pinus sylvestris) and fat and then ingest

A: [12, 69]

B: [58–60, 70]

C: [47]

Piptoporus betulinus (birch polypore)

T2 XXXV

toothache, fractures, rheumatism, headache, pneumonia

burn a small amount of fungus (Piptoporus betulinus) directly on the affected area

A: [12, 71]

B: [58]

C: [72]

Rumex acetosa (sorrel)

T1 p. 22

healthy drink

add reindeer milk and sorrel (Rumex acetosa) to hot water

A: [12, 69]

Taphrina betulina (witch’s broom)

T1 p. 125

itchy skin

boil witch’s broom (Taphrina betulina) in water and then rub the preparation on the affected area

A: [12]

C: [51, 73]

Miscellaneous

leaves from nine different kinds of trees

T1 p. 125

itchy skin and many other ailments

boil all leaves together and apply the mixture to the affected area

B: [58]