Apiaceae Apium graveolens L.

Wild Celery

Houma - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64

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Scientific name: Apium graveolens L.
USDA symbol: APGRD (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Celery
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Compound decoction of plant with whiskey taken for tuberculosis.

RECRD: 81395 id: 3712

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