by DaySounds © 2013-15
Twinberry Honeysuckle/Black Twinberry, (Lonicera involucrata)
to edible and useful as food, depending on tribe, region or publication. The berry was
used as a source of dye. Medicinal uses were many and varied among tribes. These
included the leaves, berries or bark as a decoction, infusion, or poultice for sores, body
cleansing, swellings, dandruff, wounds, infections, sore throats, paralysis, coughs, burns,
itches, venereal diseases, boils, stomach troubles, pains of the legs or feet, arthritis, and
sore eyes. Sometimes the leaves or bark were simply chewed for treating ailments or
used as a ceremonial emetic (i.e. to induce vomiting)."
--by USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Corvallis, Oregon
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