Polygonaceae Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.

Canaigre Dock

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 24

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Scientific name: Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
USDA symbol: RUHY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canaigre Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of root used as a lactagogue on breasts.

RECRD: 94192 id: 35390

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