Ericaceae Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.

Pipsissewa

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Blood Medicine

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 101

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Scientific name: Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W. Bart.
USDA symbol: CHUMC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pipsissewa
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Decoction of whole plant taken as a blood purifier.

RECRD: 12642 id: 9644

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