Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Cree - Drug, Venereal Aid

Use documented by:
Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 494

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Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Cree
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Powdered roots & lard used as ointment or root paste poultice applied to venereal disease chancres.

RECRD: 5168 id: 16811

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