[gardeners] Re:germinating osha
bsk (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:57:45 -0600
Not much out there on this plant!
Look at the 2nd picture on theis URL
http://metalab.unc.edu/herbs/gallery.html
Osha root, Ligusticum porterii, was a favorite herbal remedy of Native
Americans. Now it is threatened by overcollection in the Western United States.
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http://balsam.methow.com/~gwooten/chem/hrbdata.htm
Osha, roots (Ligusticum porteri, Umbelliferae). Uses: stomachic, respiratory
agent, antipyretic, snakebite agent.
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bsk
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Jane Burdekin wrote:
> The
> article has a lot of info and for cultivation it says; "Almost impossible.
> Even in northern New Mexico (elevation averaging from 6,000-8.000 ft),
> where it is most widely used the people are not able to cultivate it for
> their own consumption. Angelica pinnata, a coarser plant of the same
> family with somewhat similiar functions, is grown as Osha del Campo; the
> other, Osha de la Sierra, is picked in the mountains and brought down." It
> also says "it grows from 6,500 ft, but I have never observed it below
> 9,000ft and never below 10,000 ft in any quantity or size." The latin name
> they are refereing to is Ligusticum porteri. I don't know if this is any
> help or just discouraging news but this is what I have heard. If you
> have other specific questions I can try to answer them from the article.
> If I only had a scanner, I could just send it to you but haven't gotten one
> yet. Some day. Good luck. Jane