Hey, now. Creosote is a beautiful thing, even if you can't figure out how to get rich off it. I absolutely adore creosote bush.

But really, I don''t plan to use it as herbal medicine unless there is scientific justification. Any culture that lived with creosote would find it distinctive and attempt to use it for things. Traditional use in one group of people doesn't mean that it really works, it just means that people were using what they had and nature was making the cure while they were entertaining themselves with plant life. If a traditional use is found valuable round the world (think ginger, or ginseng), or if I had corroborating personal experiences, then I'll dig deeper.