Plantaginaceae Plantago patagonica Jacq.

Woolly Plantain

Navajo - Drug, Laxative

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 154

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Scientific name: Plantago patagonica Jacq.
USDA symbol: PLPA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae
Family (APG): Plantaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Infusion of seeds given to babies when they 'spoil' (colic or constipation).

RECRD: 91781 id: 28494

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