Apiaceae Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose

Button Eryngo

Seminole - Drug, Stimulant

Use documented by:
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 257

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Scientific name: Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: ERYUS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Button Eryngo
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Seminole
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Stimulant
Notes: Decoction of plant taken for dead people's sickness. The symptoms of this disease are numb and painful legs, neck, shoulders and perhaps the backbone. The sufferer is sleepy during the day, has 'short breath,' and loses appetite. Fever and headaches also accompany this illness.

RECRD: 62010 id: 14298

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