Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Big Sagebrush
Zuni - Drug, Dermatological Aid
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: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Leaves in shoes used for athlete's foot infection, fissures between toes and foot deodorant.
RECRD: 21235 id: 5819