Polygonaceae Polygonum amphibium L.

Water Knotweed

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 113

View all documented uses for Polygonum amphibium L.

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Scientific name: Polygonum amphibium L.
USDA symbol: POAMS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Water Knotweed
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Infusion of dried, pounded roots taken or raw root eaten for chest colds.

RECRD: 12757 id: 28867

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