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boneset
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boneset,
n Latin name:
Eupatorium perfoliatum; parts used: entire plant, dried leaves, buds; uses: expectorant, sedative, fever, flu, bronchitis; precautions: pregnancy, lactation, pa-tients with liver disease; can cause nausea, anorexia, hepatotoxicity, and diarrhea. Also called
agueweed, crosswort, eupatorium, feverwort, Indian sage, Joe-pye-weed, sweating plant, thoroughwort, or
vegetable antimony.
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Boneset was used by Native Americans for a valuable remedy against colds, flu, and fevers Other common names that boneset is identified by include thoroughwort, vegetable antimony, feverwort, agueweed, Indian sage, sweating plant, eupatorium, crossword, thoroughstem, thoroughwax, and wild Isaac Boneset was used by Native Americans for a valuable remedy against colds, flu, and fevers.
Reduce Fever and Fight the Cold and Flu with Boneset by Darrell Miller / Health care industry community
collinus), is threatened by nonnative plants, particularly thoroughwort (Agertina adenophora).
Endangered species in Pacific and Western parks by Mehrhoff, Loyal A.; Bayless, Jonathan / Endangered Species Update
 
 
 
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