Anacardiaceae Rhus glabra L.

Smooth Sumac

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Heart Medicine

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 59

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Scientific name: Rhus glabra L.
USDA symbol: RHGL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Smooth Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae
Family (APG): Anacardiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Heart Medicine
Notes: Infusion of bark &/or roots taken & applied externally to the chest for a 'tight chest.'

RECRD: 12315 id: 32968

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