The cooking show. Chippewa Native Americans and Sassafras Teas

Broth and herbs in beverages were preferred. Add the leaves or twigs to the boiled water, then drink. See www.native-languages.org/chippewa.

See also Wildman Steve Brill with Evelyn Dean, Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants, Hearst Books, New York, 1994, page 220. Try this for it: www.econetwork.net/~wildmansteve/Books.Folder.