Lamiaceae Mentha arvensis L.

Canadian Mint

Ojibwa - Drug, Diaphoretic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 371372

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Scientific name: Mentha arvensis L.
USDA symbol: MEAR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Plant used in the sweatbath.

RECRD: 89581 id: 22702