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Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo Drug, Analgesic
Plant used for pain.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 42
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 42
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items
Plant used in the Life or Knife Chant.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 42
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used as a lotion for rashes.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Panacea
Plant used as a life medicine.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Antidiarrheal
Cold infusion of root used for diarrhea.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Cold infusion of root used as a ceremonial 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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cough Medicine
Cold infusion of root used for bad cough.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Powdered root mixed with tallow and used as ointment for infant's sore navel.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Oral Aid
Cold infusion of root used as a mouthwash for sore gums.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Cold infusion of root used as an important '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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Pediatric Aid
Powdered root mixed with tallow and used as ointment for infant's sore navel.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Food, Porridge
Ground seeds made into a mush with milk.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified
Root chew by children.
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 23
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Zuni Drug, Emetic
Root eaten as an emetic for stomachaches.
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 378
Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
USDA ERALA2
Zuni Drug, Other
Infusion of powdered root taken after a fall and relieve general misery.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 49