Taxodiaceae Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl.

Redwood

Houma - Drug, Blood Medicine

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 61

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Scientific name: Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl.
USDA symbol: SESE3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Redwood
Family: Taxodiaceae
Family (APG): Taxodiaceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Scraped 'knees' or inner bark mixed with whiskey and taken as a blood purifier.

RECRD: 95986 id: 37730

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