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Several native American tribes used this plant.
Lakotas: tea for children, to aid with sore mouths tea for adults with urination issues
Navajo: used the plant to make lotions for headaches and body pains
Mesquakies: made powder from the dried flowers for a snuff for head colds or to dry up mucous conditions
Cherokee: infused the root for use in: coughs colds menstrual issues bad vision hemorrhaging kidney problems epilepsy gout female healing following a miscarriage
Ojibwa: used it for tuberculosis reduce or eliminate hemorrhaging
Blackfeet: diarrhea and dysentery
Catawba: used it for cardiovascular issues
Cheyenneboiled the plant in water and inhaled the steam for head colds and respiratory complaints.
Other tribes used fleabane for: stomach issues intestinal parasites rheumatism lameness insect repellant boil for a sweat lodge inhalant burn for natural insect repellant blossoms were mixed with brains, buffalo spleen and gall for hide tanning plant dye friction fires (the stalk) referred by some tribes as ‘fire-maker’.
Mexicans used fleabane for toothaches and to make tooth powder
Early settlers stuffed their mattresses with fleabane and hung clusters in the homes to drive away fleas, hence the name, however other sources claim it doesn’t work for fleas
Key Uses: Respiratory, cough with mucous discharge, Digestion, Diarrhea, Lack of appetite, Kidneys and Bladder problems, menstrual problems, postpartum bleeding, capillary or passive hemorrhage.