Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Big Sagebrush
Zuni - Drug, Cold Remedy
Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374
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Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (
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Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Infusion of leaves taken as a cold medicine.
RECRD: 21236 id: 5818