Asteraceae Townsendia incana Nutt.

Hoary Townsendia

Navajo - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 156

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Scientific name: Townsendia incana Nutt.
USDA symbol: TOIN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hoary Townsendia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Plant used in labor to facilitate delivery of the baby.

RECRD: 96278 id: 40427

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