PAULA:  There was something I thought about that's really funny.  Well, anyway, my mom helped me, like I used to deliver babies, a lot of babies, and how to take care of them.  And -- and like if somebody is losing a lot of blood, how to take care of them. 

If they are big -- starting to faint, you know, she used to tell me, whenever somebody's fainting, you know, just squeeze their little finger and then they'll wake up.  And I've used that.  And it worked. 

There was lots of home remedies we used.  The only medicines were Triple Sulfa and like for UTI, people with UTI. 

KAREN:  Urinary tract infection? 

PAULA:  Triple Sulfa and Tetracycline and aspirins.  No Tylenol. 

So in those days, people still used, like, Epsom salt for soaking infected cuts on their hands.  And. 

KAREN:  Did you use traditional medicines? 

PAULA:  Yes.  You know, like Caiggluk, we used it for just about everything.  And we also used Tundra Tea, guyuk (phonetic).  We used that for a lot of things.  My mom used to let us, like if we have fever, as kids, you know, she used to boil some Iuke and let us drink. 

And then even recently, one time we were berry picking just recently, and I woke up with really bad sore throat.  And so I -- knowing that, my sister boiled some Iuke tea for me, and they went out berry picking, so I stayed home in the tent and keep drinking that, and it helped.  It helped.  And we didn't have no -- nothing else. 

KAREN:  So Iuke is Labrador Tea in English? 

PAULA:  Uh-hum.  Yeah. 

KAREN:  And what Caiggluk, what's that in English, do you know? 

PAULA:  Stinkweed.  Yeah. 

KAREN:  How do you use that?

PAULA:  Well, as a child, I didn't use it, because it didn't grow in the area where I lived.  But now Caiggluk is all over.  Even in that area where I grow up, Caiggluk is all over.  Plenty of it.  So... 

And we used, like, a lot of berries like salmonberries and cranberries for, you know, like if you have flu or -- and you -- always use animal oil for sore throat, and like swan fat.  Of course, seal oil.  You use it for a lot of things. 
And recently I learned that if you use seal oil for -- see, ever since I became a health aide, I've seen these eczema of the hands.  And they never grow -- I mean, doctors say there's nothing we can do about those people, just have them.  There's no cure for them. 

Recently, I think accidentally we find out, somebody was even there -- even though they have this, a lot of eczema, nobody else had to take care of a seal skin, or seal, so she took care of it, and the oil felt good on their hands.  And kind of softened the skin. 

And so she, all day, you know, while she was taking care of the oil, she would kind of rub her hands with that oil.  And then next day, her hands, you know, felt good.  And since then, she never had, just went away. 

KAREN:  Just one time with that seal oil? 

PAULA:  Uh-hum (affirmative).  And three other people experiment that, and they don't have it anymore. 

KAREN:  Wow. 

PAULA:  And one other people who exper -- not experiment, just accidentally use in the springtime, when the birds and swans come in, they are fat.  She used swan fat while she was working on those swans, and now she don't have that eczema anymore. 

KAREN:  Wow. 

PAULA:  That's something new.  And I called CDC in Anchorage, I used to call CDC in Anchorage.  I used to call CDC in Anchorage for while I'm doing research on body parts or whatever.  Anything about health.  I called them and talked to them about that. 

And I think I'm going to try it on one more person, that seal oil, who have psoriasis.  I'm going to try it and see if it works. 

KAREN:  CDC is Center For Disease Control? 

PAULA:  Uh-hum.  Yeah.  And -- and then I would like to, like, put -- I always put anything on Delta Discovery forum, you know.  Then I can do that.  I could make a, you know -- put it there so people can know.  I also talked to CHAP program in Anchorage about it.