Yerba Mansa Patch

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1. Entry 1

   Yerba mansa grows in wet, alkaline marshes and creek edges below 6,500 feet across California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, and northern Mexico.

2. Entry 2

   The aromatic rootstock has been used medicinally to treat cuts, burns, and abrasions, soothe gastrointestinal upsets, as a poultice for rheumatism, and as a blood-purifying tonic.

3. Entry 3

   The Spanish name means "tame herb"; the older form "yerba del manso" may reference "herb of the tamed Indian," reflecting its widespread adoption at Spanish colonial missions.

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