Asteraceae Achillea millefolium L.

Common Yarrow

Ojibwa - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 362

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Scientific name: Achillea millefolium L.
USDA symbol: ACMIM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Florets placed on coals and smoke inhaled to break a fever.

RECRD: 80368 id: 907

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