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Scaly Blazing Star | | Name : | Scaly Blazing Star | | Synonyms : | Blazing star root
Rattlesnake-master
Scaly blazing star
| | Parts Used : | Root | | Habitat : | Found in dry, open woods, clearings, and fields from Ontario to Pennsylvania and Florida, and westward to South Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas. | | Description : | Scaly blazing star is a native North American perennial plant; it resembles the marsh blazing star but much smaller, has a tuberous root that produces the stem growing only as high as 2 feet and the leaves to 6 inches long.The alternate linear leaves are dotted, the lower of which are longer.The flower spike is also smaller, made up of blue-purple florets, appears from June to September.
Other varieties: Rough blazing-star (L. aspera); Marsh blazing star (L. spicata); Tall blazing star (L. scariosa); also called Rattlesnake master, Eryngo (Eryngium aquaticum L.); A tiny plant called Blazing star (Mentzelia albicaulis) is also known to the Paiutes as the Gravy Plant, (called Ku-Ha). | | Constituents : | Diuretic | | Uses : | Used for gargle of sore throat.Remedy for gonorrhea, snakebite, wounds, insect bites. | | Dosage : | Decoction: boil 1 heaping tsp. root in 1 cup water.Take 2 oz. 3-4 times a day.If for snakebite, substitute milk for the water in the formula.
Tincture: a dose is 1/2 to 1 tsp. | | Myths : | Star grass (Aletris farinosa) is sometimes called blazing star. |
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