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HEADACHE: Yarrow leaves (Achillea millefolium L.) was made into a decoction, sprinkled on hot stones and the fumes inhaled.

Bearberry leaves (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi L.) were dried and pulverized, combined with tobacco or red willow, smoked in a pipe, and the smoke inhaled.

Solomon's seal (Polygonatum commutatum) root was made into a decoction, sprinkled on hot stones and the fumes inhaled.

Pasque flower leaves (Pulsatilla hirsutissima) was dried and pulverized and "smelled."