Apiaceae Eryngium aquaticum L.

Rattlesnakemaster

Delaware - Drug, Anthelmintic

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35

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Scientific name: Eryngium aquaticum L.
USDA symbol: ERAQA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rattlesnakemaster
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anthelmintic
Notes: Used for intestinal tape and 'pin' worms.

RECRD: 42720 id: 14240

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