Equisetaceae Equisetum hyemale L.

Scouringrush Horsetail

Meskwaki - Drug, Venereal Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220

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Scientific name: Equisetum hyemale L.
USDA symbol: EQHYA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scouringrush Horsetail
Family: Equisetaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Infusion of whole plant taken by both men and women for gonorrhea.

RECRD: 85474 id: 13375

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