Chenopodiaceae Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott

Common Kochia

Navajo - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

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 152

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Scientific name: Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott
USDA symbol: KOSC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Kochia
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Used by the medicine man for painting a patient during a healing ceremony.

RECRD: 3171 id: 7025

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