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An Ethonobotanical Report
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11/8/06; 11:00:36 AM |
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Burdock |
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Arctium species American Indian Names
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Description
The North American species name for burdock is Arctium minus.
Burdock is a tall coarse weed known for its burs. The pesky bur adorn
large-leaved plants whose roots, seeds, leaves, and flowers have been
used for both medicine and food for a long time. Burdock gets it name
form the burs it has and the dock comes from the the big leafs it has. |
Location and Habitat
Burdock habitat is fields, pastures, and weedy sites along roadsides.
The range is originally from Europe, great burdock grows wild from
Quebec to Michigan and south to Pennsyvania and Illinois.
Uses
Some parts of burdock can be used for
medicine. Burdock is effective in alloying high fevers, gout, and skin
problems better, the roots were known for doing this. It was also use
for treating dandruff and itchy scalps. Some people were known to creat
remedy for leprosy by pounding the leaves of burdock.
Burdock was even known to be edible.The green leaves could be used in
salads and to add flavoring to soup if thats what you desired. Tea was
brewed by the Dutch from a one year old root which was use as a tonic.
The young stem and root becomes edible after you boil them twice but
you have to remember to change your water between boiling. This plant
was known to be introduced by Europeans, probably not earlier than
the time of the first overland traffic by horse, mules, and oxen.
It is even now found commonly only along or near the old military
roads. It has been adopted by the Indians for medicinal use. White
Horse, of the Omaha, gave information, which he had obtained
from the oto, of a decoction of the root being used as a remedy for
pleurisy. Burdock and the other "bur" plants were the inspiration
of velcro |
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