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Locoweed

Oxytropis lambertii

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42.0874, -95.977

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Description:

A native praire plant now almost completely removed from the region. Poisonous to cattle, it was hated by cattlemen. Used in homeopathic medicine for:
"Amblyopia. Bladder, irritability of. Cough. Fever. Impotence. Locomotor ataxy. Ovary, pain in. Paralysis. Rheumatism. Spermatic cord, pain in. Sphincters, relaxation of. Testicles, pain in. Vertigo."

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