Lamiaceae Stachys mexicana Benth.

Emerson Betony

Saanich - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 84

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Scientific name: Stachys mexicana Benth.
USDA symbol: STME (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Emerson Betony
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Saanich
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Infusion of pounded roots used as a spring tonic.

RECRD: 47609 id: 38819

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