Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Diaphoretic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 78

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Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Decoction of leaves and branches taken to cause sweating during a cold.

RECRD: 12440 id: 5683

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