Polygonaceae Eriogonum androsaceum Benth.

Rockjasmine Buckwheat

Thompson - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470

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Scientific name: Eriogonum androsaceum Benth.
USDA symbol: ERAN5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rockjasmine Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Plants steamed in sweatbath for rheumatism and various aches and stiffness.

RECRD: 85724 id: 13953

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