Ephedraceae Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats.

Longleaf Jointfir

Navajo - Drug, Venereal Aid

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 24

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Scientific name: Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats.
USDA symbol: EPTR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Longleaf Jointfir
Family: Ephedraceae
Family (APG): Ephedraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Wood burned for venereal disease. Wood burned with charcoal, buffalo hair, wood rat hair and bat hair in a hole in the middle of the hogan. The person with venereal disease sits over the hole and the smudge covers his exposed parts and cures him.

RECRD: 2650 id: 13175

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