Scrophulariaceae Verbascum thapsus L.

Common Mullein

Navajo - Drug, Veterinary 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: Verbascum thapsus L.
USDA symbol: VETH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Mullein
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Plants 'lighted and smoked for worms in sheep's nose.'

RECRD: 96983 id: 42829

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