Boraginaceae Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Narrowleaf Gromwell
Zuni - Drug, Kidney Aid
Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374
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Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Scientific name: Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
USDA symbol: LIIN2 (
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Common names: Narrowleaf Gromwell
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Infusion of root taken for kidney problems.
RECRD: 21230 id: 20600