Osha
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Osha (Ligusticum porteri) is a perennial herb used for its medicinal properties. Osha grows in parts of the Rocky Mountains especially in the North American Southwest.
Osha is traditionally used by indigenous American peoples and Mexicans as a medicine and/or in rituals (e.g. in Jicarilla culture, medicine men smoke osha with tobacco or other plants in religious ceremonies, and as a medicine, osha is made into a tea to soothe sore throats).
[edit] Synonymy
Osha is also known by the following names:
- Osha root, Porter's Lovage, Porter's Licorice-root, Lovage, Wild Lovage, Porter's Wild Lovage, Loveroot, Porter's Ligusticum, Bear Medicine, Bear Root, Colorado Cough Root, Indian Root, Indian Parsley, Wild Parsley, Mountain Ginseng, Mountain Carrot, Nipo, Empress Of The Dark Forest, Chuchupate, Chuchupati, Chuchupaste, Chuchupatle, Guariaca, Hierba del cochino, Raíz del cochino, Washía (tarahumara), Yerba de cochino
In the Jicarilla language, osha is called ha’ich’idéé.
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