Lamiaceae Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq.

Falsepennyroyal

Navajo - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 72

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Scientific name: Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq.
USDA symbol: HENAN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Falsepennyroyal
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Used by assistant during the War Dance. At noon of the third day of the War Dance, the body of the patient was painted black. Medicine was then made of yarrow, red juniper, pine needles and meadow rue, which were previously pulverized, then thrown into a bowl of water and stirred. This was then dabbed all over the patient who sipped the mixture before bathing his whole body in it. Foxtail grass and mock pennyroyal were then chewed by the assistant and sputtered on the patient.

RECRD: 3003 id: 16461

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