Lamiaceae Marrubium vulgare L.
Horehound
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Disinfectant
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 41
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Marrubium vulgare L.
Scientific name: Marrubium vulgare L.
USDA symbol: MAVU (
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Common names: Horehound
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Strong infusion used for 'lightning infection.'
RECRD: 89476 id: 22434