Lamiaceae Pycnanthemum albescens Torr. & Gray

Whiteleaf Mountainmint

Choctaw - Drug, Diaphoretic

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 54

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Scientific name: Pycnanthemum albescens Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: PYAL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whiteleaf Mountainmint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Choctaw
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Decoction of leaves taken to cause sweating for colds.

RECRD: 92903 id: 31727

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