A passage from Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States:
As a soothing field poultice, crush the leaf or root and apply it to scrapes, rashes, minor cuts, and insect bites. Most will find it mildly antiinflammatory and reducing to tissue irritation. The strong root tea is gargled for sore throats and other oral irritations – it is bland tasting, slightly starchy, and mildly astringent.
