Polygonaceae Eriogonum microthecum Nutt.

Slender Buckwheat

Shoshoni - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 72

View all documented uses for Eriogonum microthecum Nutt.

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Scientific name: Eriogonum microthecum Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERMIM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Slender Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Shoshoni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Decoction of roots or tops used for tuberculosis.

RECRD: 85735 id: 14085

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