Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt

Coastal Woodfern

Mewuk - Drug, Antihemorrhagic

Use documented by:
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366

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Scientific name: Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
USDA symbol: DRAR3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Coastal Woodfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Mewuk
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antihemorrhagic
Notes: Decoction of roots taken for spitting blood and other internal bleeding.

RECRD: 6806 id: 12683

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