Culuguat Weg’et
(Eriophorum spp.)
Plant
Cotton grass grows in low-lying, wet habitats. Each stem of has a fluffy, white, seed head and very thin, grass-like leaves.
Medicine: Cotton grass tufts can be placed in the outer ear to treat an infection. In the steam bath, people out a hot poultice of tufts on the ear. This releases the plant’s natural, healing oils and melts ear wax.
Material: Cotton grass tufts can be twisted to make a wick for a stone oil lamp.
