Mniaceae Plagiomnium insigne (Mitt.) Koponen

Oweekeno - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 52

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Scientific name: Plagiomnium insigne (Mitt.) Koponen
Common names:
Family: Mniaceae
Family (APG): Mniaceae
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Heated or cooled poultice of boiled plant and Sitka spruce pitch applied to sore and swollen joints.

RECRD: 60767 id: 28350

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