Lovage, Canby’s licoriceroot, Ligusticum canbyi. A sweathouse medicine and also a cold medicine. qawšqáwš ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ana kʷná iwá yáƛ̓pit tiičám ‘lovage grows where the ground is wet’; níix̣ itíwaša qawšqáwš ‘lovage smells good’; qawšqáwš iwá aq̓uwitpamá płɨ́x̣ ‘lovage is a cough medicine’. Also called áyun. [NP /qawsqáws/.]
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