Lamiaceae Nepeta cataria L.

Catnip

Menominee - Drug, Pulmonary Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 39

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Scientific name: Nepeta cataria L.
USDA symbol: NECA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Catnip
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Compound infusion taken and poultice applied to chest for pneumonia.

RECRD: 90120 id: 23674

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