creeping juniper
Sabina prostrata (Pers.) Antoine
Medicinal Documentation
Cones chewed, infusion of boughs or cones taken or used as steam bath for colds.
Infusion of boughs or fleshy cones taken for coughing.
Infusion of boughs or fleshy cones taken for high fevers.
Leaves burned at childbirth to promote delivery.
Infusion of boughs or fleshy cones taken as a sedative.
Infusion of boughs or cones taken for tickles in the throat or tonsillitis.
Ceremonial & Cultural Notes
Leaves burned as incense in ceremonies, especially to remove fear of thunder. Additional commentary: Creeping Juniper was also specifically used as medicinal tea in the same manner that the Rocky Mountain Juniper was used. Hart believes that the three species of juniper were all used similarly.371
Wood flutes used to "charm a girl whom a man loved to make her love him."
Botanical Reference
Parts Documented: boughs, boughs_or_cones, cones, leaves, wood
Distribution: Dry, open, rocky sites from the plains to the sub-alpine. Found from the Northwest Territory, Canada south into Wyoming