Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. Asteraceae. Plains coreopsis. Golden tickseed. Distribution: North America. Used by Cherokee as an infusion for diarrhoea. Drunk by the Lakota as a tea. Zuni women drink infusion of plant, minus roots, if they wish to have female babies

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also as coffee substitute. Zuni, Cherokee and Apache used it to make a red dye. Navajo and Ramah used infusions or fumigation for infections including syphilis (Moerman,1998). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

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