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Western Red Cedar: Healing Tree

Western red cedar has been revered fornative North American Indian tribes.
thousands of years. Its versatility made thePrincipally, they utilized two fundamental
tree essential to Native people, promptingtechniques for extracting the cedar's
them to place it as a central part of theirelixirs. The some extracts were gotten by
lives. The cedar tree represented the visibleboiling the parts in water and straining the
and invisible forces of life. They recognizedliquor, or parts were steeped as tea for
the tree fed with the help of fungi from theinfusion. It was these elixirs from powdered
nutrients in the soil. The trees drank waterleaves that were used externally to treat
from underground streams that once werevarious internal pains, including rheumatism.
oceans - which were clouds. They understoodThe leaf buds have been chewed in the
the leaves feed on sunlight. They recognizedtreatment of toothaches, while an elixir of
the freshness of the forest air breathed outthe  buds  has  been  used  as  a  gargle.
as oxygen and water-vapor. They watched
quietly as birds, wind and rain spread theA weak infusion has been drunk in the
tree's seeds; as insects and the windtreatment of painful joints caused by
pollinated the tree's flowers; and, creaturesrheumatism or arthritis and a poultice of the
broke down the fallen leaves into topsoil.crushed bough tips and oil has been applied
The great cedar tree became the metaphor forto the back and chest in the treatment of
great wisdom. The cedar's giving spiritbronchitis, rheumatism and stomach pains. The
provided people with food, shelter andboiled concoction of the boughs has been used
medicine literally from the wooden cradle toas an antidandruff shampoo. A poultice of the
the wooden coffin. Working with tools made ofinner bark has been used as a
stone, bone or shell, craftsman carvedcounter-irritant for the skin and poultice of
canoes, totem poles, storage boxes andthe inner bark has been applied to
ceremonial masks from the generous wood.carbuncles. Even the bark when pounded until
Mats, baskets and water-repellent clothingit is as soft as cotton can be used to rub
were  shaped  and  woven from the inner bark.the face and has been used to bind wounds and
as cover for wound dressings. Shredded bark
Perhaps most importantly, western red cedarcan be used to cauterize sores.
was employed medicinally by a number of



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