Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco

Douglas Fir

Thompson - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 475

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Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Heated branches or moxa of bough tips and needles used for rheumatism.

RECRD: 92749 id: 31201

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