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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27202, described as Ethnobotanical sample; used for treatment of insomnia and as a tranquilizer; either dried seed pods or flower buds.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27220, described as Ethnobotanical sample; native name: Salvia; used for swollen tonsils, tuberculosis, and menstruation pains; leaves and twigs; green; dried.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27204, described as Ethnobotanical sample; used as medicine for fever, chest congestion, syphilis, elephantiasis, and leprosy; seed pod; brown; spiny; length ca. 2.5 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27210, described as Ethnobotanical sample; used for treatment of rheumatism, neuralisis (?), ulcers, acne, and diabetes; dried brown twigs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27215, described as Ethnobotanical; deflates swollen intestines; dried green leaves and twigs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27200, described as Ethnobotanical sample; used for treatment of parasites in digestive system; dried leaves and twigs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27187, described as Ethnobotanical sample; clears bladder infections; dried flowers; length ca 2.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 1-10298, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; rush-like plant (Equisetum), stems.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27199, described as Ethnobotanical sample; promotes appetite; leaves and twigs; dried.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ethnobotanical sample, accession number 3-27206, described as Ethnobotanical sample; laxative; dried green leaves.

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