Polygonaceae Rumex crispus L.

Curly Dock

Mohegan - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 75, 132

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Scientific name: Rumex crispus L.
USDA symbol: RUCRC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Curly Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Root used to make a tonic.

RECRD: 94156 id: 35297

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