Polygonaceae Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.

Parsnipflower Buckwheat

Thompson - Drug, Analgesic

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 heracleoides Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERHEH3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Plants used in steambath for rheumatism, stiff and aching joints and muscles.

RECRD: 85763 id: 14025

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