Clusiaceae Hypericum ascyron L.

Great St. Johnswort

Meskwaki - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 223

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Scientific name: Hypericum ascyron L.
USDA symbol: HYAS80 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Great St. Johnswort
Family: Clusiaceae
Family (APG): Hypericaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Powder of boiled root applied to draw poison from water moccasin bite.

RECRD: 87655 id: 17620

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