Rosaceae Geum aleppicum Jacq.

Yellow Avens

Iroquois - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 353

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Scientific name: Geum aleppicum Jacq.
USDA symbol: GEAL3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yellow Avens
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Compound decoction of roots taken to vomit as cure for love medicine.

RECRD: 86582 id: 15869

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