Unknown Plant
Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall. ex Pursh) Britton ssp. bolanderi (A. Gray) H.M. Hall & Clem.
Medicinal Documentation
A tea was also made of the flowers, mixed with a common sage, and used for coughs, colds, and even tuberculosis. Also for colds, rabbit brush would be burnt on coals and inhaled from under a blanket
Rabbit Brush is used by burning it on box-elder coals. The smoke driving away the cause of bad nightmares
This is used to heal eruptions or sores on the body. The leaves and stems are boiled together, and the affected parts are washed with the infusion. If this does not soon affect a cure, the fluid must be rubbed on hard. In severe cases some of the tea must be drunk; it is used in this way to cure smallpox Additional commentary: The plant has no medicinal properties known to science.203
Ceremonial & Cultural Notes
Artifacts/Material use: Branches are bunched together and used as a broom to sweep out the tipi floor
Botanical Reference
Parts Documented: leaves, stems
Distribution: Dry, open sites; plains to montane; Alberta, Canada to New Mexico