Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Pomo, Kashaya - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Use documented by:
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 87
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Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (
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Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Pomo, Kashaya
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of baked, pounded root used for rheumatism, arthritis and other muscular pains.
RECRD: 936 id: 16905