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  2. Anemopsis - Wikipedia

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    Yerba mansa is versatile. It can be taken orally as a tea, tincture, infusion or dried in capsule form. It can be used externally for soaking inflamed or infected areas. It can be ground and used as a dusting powder. Some people in Las Cruces, New Mexico use the leaves to make a poultice to relieve muscle swelling and inflammation.

  3. Astringent - Wikipedia

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    Calamine lotion, witch hazel, and yerba mansa, are astringents, [17] as are the powdered leaves of the myrtle. [18] Ripe fruits and fruit parts including blackthorn (sloe berries), Aronia chokeberry, chokecherry , bird cherry , rhubarb , quince , jabuticaba and persimmon fruits (especially when unripe), banana skins (or unripe bananas), cashew ...

  4. Lizard's tail - Wikipedia

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    Saururus cernuus, also known as water-dragon, dragon's tail and swamp root, a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America; Anemopsis californica, also known as yerba mansa, native to western North America

  5. Chumash traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    Yerba mansa was believed to cure gonorrhea, as well as many other afflictions. Seawater as a source of saline and other healing minerals was used to treat sores from venereal diseases, as well as medicinal tea made from carrizo cane.

  6. Saururaceae - Wikipedia

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    Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and seven species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America.The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is sometimes known as the "lizard's-tail family".

  7. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  8. Chumash Indian Museum - Wikipedia

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    Roots of Yerba Mansa were boiled into tea, while the Chumash often ate seeds from Miner's Lettuce. Dried stems of Giant Wild Rye were used to make cigarettes, paintbrushes, knives, arrow shafts, and game counter sticks. Chaparral Garden: represents species found on surrounding hillsides in chaparral and coastal sage scrub habitats.

  9. Food preservation - Wikipedia

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    High humidity is also used to reduce water loss. [31] Red meat, which needs high O 2 to reduce oxidation of myoglobin and maintain an attractive bright red color of the meat. [32] Other meat and fish, which uses higher CO 2 to reduce oxidation and slow down some microbes. [33]