Asteraceae Eupatorium perfoliatum L.

Common Boneset

Delaware - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33

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Scientific name: Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
USDA symbol: EUPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Boneset
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of roots and occasionally the leaves used for chills and fever.

RECRD: 42696 id: 14489

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