From the medical standpoint, however, the plant is very valuable to the members of both sexes who are suffering from diseased kidneys complicated with gonorrhea, diseases which, when allowed to take their own course, will in due time develop into tuberculosis, rheumatism, and finally total paralysis of both the upper and lower limbs, as has happened in such cases.
The introduction of these maladies occurred with the advent of the white race into our territory and this caused the Indians to go into further botanical research to find the proper plants to combat and conquer these dreadful diseases. I introduce the world in general to two other sister plants, and also three belonging to a different group.
CENTAUREA MELITENSIS
(Ind. Se-sa-naa)
American Star Thistle.
XANTHIUM SPINOSUM
(Ind. O-yu-mo-val)
American Spiny Cocklebur.
MALVACEA RUBRA
(Ind. E-ya-wa-manka)
American Creeping Rock Mallow. Spanish Yerba Mora Real.