Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Zuni - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374

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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: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Infusion of leaves used for body aches.

RECRD: 21237 id: 5817