Chippewa Cowslip Root for Colds: Two Roots Boiled in a Teacup, Taken at Once as an Emetic, a 'Great Secret' (Densmore, 1928)

A Chippewa (Ojibwe) cold remedy Frances Densmore was told was "a great secret": two chopped cowslip (marsh marigold) roots boiled in a scant teacup of water, strained, cooled and drunk at once to bring sweating, loosen phlegm and cause vomiting. Marsh marigold is poisonous. A historical record, not a remedy to try.

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