Equisetaceae Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

Smooth Horsetail

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 17

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Scientific name: Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun
USDA symbol: EQLA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Smooth Horsetail
Family: Equisetaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Decoction of plant and chokecherry twigs given to children for colds.

RECRD: 12070 id: 13440

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