Apiaceae Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose

Western Water Hemlock

Bella Coola - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 200

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Scientific name: Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: CIDO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Water Hemlock
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Infusion of grated tubers taken as an emetic to 'clean out the bile in the stomach.'

RECRD: 47791 id: 9835

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