Lamiaceae Salvia officinalis L.

Kitchen Sage

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 132

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Scientific name: Salvia officinalis L.
USDA symbol: SAOF2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kitchen Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Green or dried leaves used to make a tonic.

RECRD: 94583 id: 36480