Theresa Thorne from kwa’mutsun shares some information on desert parsley

’uy’ slhexun’.’uy’ ’u kw’un’s ni’ smatl’.
It’s a good medicine and it is used for when you have a stroke.

’i’ tl’uw’ ’uy’ ’u kw’un’s nuw’ q’aq’i’ ’ul’.
Or when you are just ill.

ni’ ch ’uw’ xte’um ’ul’ ’ukw’ ti.
You make a tea of it.

ni’ tl’uw’ hakwushum ni’ ’u tthu thi lelum’.
And it’s also used in the longhouse.

Featured Plant

tth’uxtth’ux | Stinging Nettle

Stinging nettle is a perennial plant that produces tiny, greenish flowers in dense clusters. It is covered with stinging hairs that will cause an irritating rash upon contact. It grows in meadows, thickets, streambanks, open forests, and disturbed sites throughout coastal British Columbia

These irritating plants have been used to rub on the skin as a counter-irritant medicine to treat chest and shoulder pain while the roots have been used as an arthritis medicine.