Boraginaceae Echium vulgare L.

Common Vipersbugloss

Mohegan - Drug, Kidney Aid

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130

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Scientific name: Echium vulgare L.
USDA symbol: ECVU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Vipersbugloss
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Leaves or root, 'a rare plant,' used for kidney disorders.

RECRD: 85317 id: 12949

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