Polygonaceae Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus Hook.

Sulphurflower Buckwheat

Cheyenne - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 32

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Scientific name: Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus Hook.
USDA symbol: ERUMM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sulphurflower Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Stems and flowers powdered, made into a tea and used for menses that ran too long.

RECRD: 44726 id: 14186

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