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Ayuq (Labrador Tea) & Blueberries

This video is about 5th graders going out into the surrounding environment, picking wild Alaskan blueberries and ayuq (labrador tea) and then completing classroom projects.

by Stevie

Ayuq

Ayuq Is Used All Over Alaska


Ayuq was used for a long, long time. The people used to drink it when they were thirsty instead of dirty water. People sometimes have it as coffee.


How You Can Used Ayuq as Medicine


You can have hospital medicine and ayuq if you are sick. You can drink it when you have sour throat or you took out your tonsils. You can use it when you have headache. When you are sick if the hospital medicine don’t help you then let someone pick ayuq and make tea then drink it. When you spit blood then you can use ayuq to try and stop it. If you have breathing probloms while you are picking berries then grab some ayuq leaves then have some it will make you breath again.


Ayuq Is Used as Purify


If you have ghost in your house then you dry some ayuq outside or inside.

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Ayuq

by Maelyn

Ayuq has many uses.  Ayuq is very important to our Yup'ik culture.  It has bene used for millions o fyears.  The three things it is used for are medicine, tea, and purifying.

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As I said ayuq is used for medicine.  Most people dring ayuq to say away from sicknesses.  It can heal influenza, tuberculosis, and high blood pressure.  Some people like Modesta Myers or Annie Blue had suffered those kids of sickenesses and ayuq cured them.  So ayuq is strong medicine.

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Ayuq also is used just to drink.  Most everyone like to have ayuq tea.  First, we picked some at the tundra.  Then, we made tea and it was very yummy.  We shared some with Mr. Bahnsen and Mr. Herbert.

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You can also use ayuq to bless your home.  So if you have a ghost you dry the ayuq and then burn them in a bowl and push the smoke out with a bird feather.

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As you can see ayuq is very important.  We respect it.  We would be pleased if you would have some.

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What Ayuq is Used For

by KaSaira

Our elders have been using ayuq for a long time.  It can be used for tea, purifying, and medicine.

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Medicine: If your coughing up blood, ayuq and caiggluk.  First, boil the ayuq, then, fill a container with warm water and boil it for a couple of seconds, then put some caiggluk leaves into water.  Mix the ayuq and caiggluk in one cup and drink it.

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Purifying/Tarvaq: If something is going on in your house, you an dry some ayuq tea twigs found in the tundra.  Then, burn the tea leaves and fan it in every room in the house.  If you have a cousin, niece, nephew, or children, bless them with the rest of the smoke.

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Tea: To make ayuq tea, fill a tea pot with tea leaves and water.  Then, boil it for a couple minutes.  Then, if it's done boiling, pur it into a cup.  You could add honey, sugar, or cinnamon.

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Ayuq

by Dyani

Ayuq grows on the tundra. All over Alaska people drink ayuq. We use it for tea, medicine, and blessing. 


We Drink Ayuq

Ayuq is a kind of tea we drink. Yup’iks been drink auyq for hundreds of years. Ayuq is Labrador tea from the tundra. You make it with ¾ tea then ¾ water. Then you put it in a heating element. Next you cool intel warm. After, you can drink it.


Ayuq Is Medicine 

Ayuq is medicine it can used it for sickness. It’s used for belly aches, headaches, and for throwing up. It will help you get better. Frist you pick or if you have you have to boil it in a pot. Then when it’s done you drink it when it’s hot. So if you have phlegm you will not have no more phlegm in your throat.

Ayuq Is For Blessing


Ayuq is used for purifying houses. If there a spirit in your home you can purify your house. You can use it to drive the spirit away. You can bless your hunting gear. You have to dry the auyq then take the leaves and burn them to purifying. You can use a feather to iet the smoke go to them. 


Ayuq In All Alaska

Ayuq is everywhere in St Mary’s. You can find it in Emmonak ,Marsahll, Alakanak. If you have not try auyq you should try it.

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Ayuq is Good
by Emma

Ayuq is good and yummy in all different ways. They mostly grow on the trundra. Ayuq is part of the Yup’ik culture.


You can use ayuq for medicine. When you have a sore throat, you can drink some ayuq tea. You can even burn it so you don’t get sick. You can smoke a plant to get the sickness away. Some people drink it regularly so they don’t get sick.


People drink all kinds of tea. Everyone can have, but babies can have really little bit. Most of everyone loves ayuq tea but some people don’t. Ayuq tea smells really, really good. Some people like ayuq tea with tea bags sometimes.


Ayuq is used for purifying. When someone dies in your house you can bless your house. When someone is really sick, you can purify your house and tell the sickness to go away. You can even purify your house any time.


If you never tried ayuq tea you should it’s yummy! If you don’t like it try it with sugar or honey or both. Ayuq is tasty so try it!

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All About Ayuq

by Flora

Ayuq has many uses. Ayuq is our culture, and we use it for hundreds and hundreds of year. We can use it for purify, medicine, tea.

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Many people use Ayuq for blessings. If you have ghost in your house, you can bless your house you can bless your house with ayuq. First you have to hang the ayuq. Next, you have to put it in a bowl and then burn it and spread the smoke with a wing.  Also, people bless gifts when there is mini-potlatch or a birthday.  You also use it at church and when people pass away.

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People use it for medicine.  So if you're not feeling good you can have it.  Medicine, the tea  is like medicine because if you're not feeling good have ayuq tea.  You will feel better.  The tea will kick in and you will feel better.  If you want to not get sick you can drink it everyday so you won't feel so bad.

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People have tea for a drink.  If you want tea for a drink you can go to the tundra and pick ayuq with green leaves or with white flowers on the ayuq.  Then, you put the ayuq in a pot, wait until it boils, pour it in a cup and drink it.  In the morning if your really thirsty you can have ayuq in a cup.

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As you see ayuq has many uses.  This is how you use ayuq, and you will feel better.

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How Ayuq is Used

by Keith

If you have a dry throat we can have ayuq.  Old people can drink ayuq.  We can use ayuq to purify.

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If we have a headache, belly ache and dry throat.

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We can get ayuq to old people if they are sick in the hospital.

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Some people drink tundra tea regular to avoid getting sick.

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This species has been studies for it's antiviral properties.

Ayuq: Used for Centuries

by Anastasia

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Ayuq has been used by Yup'ik people for a long time.  Ayuq grows on the tundra.  Ayuq is used for medicine, tea and purifying.

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Ayuq can help us let illness get away from our body.  Ayuq can help us to not have breathing problems.   It can help unconscious people.  You can use it for your tonsils.

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You can drink ayuq when your thirsty or dry throat.  Ayuq can have sugar, honey or cinnamon to make it taste better.  When you're bored you can make it for your kids or yourself.  There can be male and female tundra tea.

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Ayuq can be used for purifying.  When you go hunting, you can bless your stuff that your using to go hunting.  Ayuq can be used for blessing houses, schools, basements.  I heard baout some people were purifying some houses.  I pick ayuq for having tea or blessing.

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by Michael

Ayuq

What Ayuq Does to People:

Ayuq has many uses.  Ayuq is very important to Yup'ik culture.  It has been used for hundreds and millions of years.  It is used for medicine, tea and purifying.

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How Ayuq is Used for Ayuq Tea:

Ayuq is used for tea.  First, put in water.  After that put it on the heater.  Then if it boils you have to take it and let it cool off.  When its cooled you can sit down and enjoy the ayuq tea.

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How Ayuq is Used for Purifying?

When someone dies in your house you can bless your house by saying "In God's name leave us alone."

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How Ayuq is Used for Medicine:

You can have hospital medicine or ayuq medicine when you are sick.

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Please Have Ayuq:

You should have ayuq.  Ayuq is yummy.  Some people have it with sugar, some people have it plain.

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How We Respect Ayuq:

As you see ayuq is important.  We respect it.  We would be pleased if you would have some.

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Ayuq

by Naureen

Medicines

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It helps us so we can get better if we have dry throat, we can drink the ayuq tea.  It can let our headache, bellyache and dry throat go away when you are sick and if you spit blood you can drink ayuq tea.  It could drive away illness.  It could help with cold coughs.

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Purify

You can bless your hunting gear and bless people and in potlatch.  Before hunters go hunting they can burn the ayuq and spread the smoke over all the hunting gear.  That's how ayuq is used.

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Tea

We could put honey, sugar, or cinnamon and ayuq grown on the tundra.  Whenever you walk on the tundra, you will always see them.  When people want tot have a delicious tea, they add ayuq leaves to their tea (when the tea is hot).  Some people take ayuq often with tea (if not covered with snow).

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Some elders warned against drinking labrador tea in large quantities or on a daily basis.  One person said that her doctor told her that excessive use can lead to high blood pressure.  Another claimed that it could thicken the blood or cause it to slow down.  Some considered that it is bad for the health when consumed excessively.

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Ayuq

by Carmen

Ayuq is on the tundra.  It grows for many years.  We can pick them but I'd rather pick them with lots of leaves.  We did in our class in 5th grade.

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When you are sick...

Long time ago they used ayuq to take away the sickness.  They had to take little sips at a time to take the sickness away.  It doesn't just work like that.  It can can take away sore throat or everything when you are sick.

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You want to drink ayuq...

You can drink ayuq tea when your thirsty.  You can if you have ayuq you can add flavor to it.  If you want to I would add sugar if you add too much sugar you might get diabetes. 

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When there is a ghost in your house...

If there is a ghost you can bless it with ayuq.  My grandma blessed our  house with ayuq.  Ayuq is made with many things even when you were not born.  But when you bless your house you got to open your windows.

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When we had ayuq...

In 5th grade we had ayuq.  If we would drink too much we might get sick.  It was my first time and it was yummy!

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