Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Gitksan - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Use documented by:
Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 25
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Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (
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Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Gitksan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of fresh roots used for rheumatism.
RECRD: 43865 id: 16819