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Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Kiowa Other, Good Luck Charm
Plant considered an omen of good fortune and brought into the home.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 60
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo Drug, Gynecological Aid
Infusion of plant taken by women as an aid for deliverance.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 85
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Analgesic
Plant used as a snuff for headaches.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 47
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used ceremonially in several ways.
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
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Disinfectant
Cold infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion for 'lightning infection.'
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
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Eye Medicine
Cold, compound infusion of plant used as an eyewash.
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
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Root used as a 'life medicine.'
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
Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
USDA ERDI4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Compound used for snake bites.
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