Cupressaceae Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 12

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Scientific name: Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
USDA symbol: JUSC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Decoction of needles taken and used as lotion for colds.

RECRD: 88183 id: 18996

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