Brassicaceae Lepidium virginicum L.

Virginia Pepperweed

Houma - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64

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Scientific name: Lepidium virginicum L.
USDA symbol: LEVIV2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Virginia Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Compound decoction of plant with whiskey taken for tuberculosis.

RECRD: 88603 id: 19943

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