Polygonaceae Eriogonum jamesii Benth.

James' Buckwheat

Zuni - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378

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Scientific name: Eriogonum jamesii Benth.
USDA symbol: ERJAJ (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: James' Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Root soaked in water and used as a wash for sore eyes.

RECRD: 21286 id: 14062

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