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Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of root taken for general body pain.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Analgesic
Fresh leaves 'smelled' for headache.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Cold infusion of leaves used as a ceremonial chant lotion and emetic.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cough Medicine
Decoction of root taken for 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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Compound containing stems used as shampoo to prevent falling hair.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Diaphoretic
Decoction of root used as a sweatbath 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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Cold infusion of leaves used as a ceremonial chant lotion and emetic.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Febrifuge
Cold infusion of leaves taken for fever.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Gynecological Aid
Decoction of root taken to facilitate delivery of placenta.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Cold infusion of leaves taken for influenza.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Toothache Remedy
Poultice of heated root applied for toothache.
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 52
Pericome caudata Gray
Mountain Leaftail
USDA PECA10
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Decoction of root used for protection from witches.
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 52