Apiaceae Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose

Western Water Hemlock

Kwakiutl - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 270

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Scientific name: Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: CIDO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Water Hemlock
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Cold, compound infusion of burned, pulverized bark taken for diarrhea.

RECRD: 84043 id: 9842

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