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Penstemon jamesii Benth.
James' Beardtongue
USDA PEJA
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic
Plant used as an emetic and lotion to purify a newborn infant before nursing.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 43
Penstemon jamesii Benth.
James' Beardtongue
USDA PEJA
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Pediatric Aid
Plant used as an emetic and lotion to purify a newborn infant before nursing.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 43
Penstemon jamesii Benth.
James' Beardtongue
USDA PEJA
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Analgesic
Cold, compound infusion of plant taken for headache caused by hunting.
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 44
Penstemon jamesii Benth.
James' Beardtongue
USDA PEJA
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used ceremonially for headache and sore throat.
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 44
Penstemon jamesii Benth.
James' Beardtongue
USDA PEJA
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Throat Aid
Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for sore throat.
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 44