Asteraceae Cirsium calcareum (M.E. Jones) Woot. & Standl.

Cainville Thistle

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 50

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Scientific name: Cirsium calcareum (M.E. Jones) Woot. & Standl.
USDA symbol: CICA10 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cainville Thistle
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of root used as a wash for sore eyes.

RECRD: 84146 id: 9929

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