The Plains Indians found medicinal value in more than two hundred species of native prairie plants.
Pharmacopeia at one time or another, and one or two, like the Purple Coneflower, found their way into the bottles of patent medicine.
A couple dozen prairie species were listed as drugs in the U.
S.
White settlers did learn a few plant-based remedies from the Indians, and a few prairie Plants were prescribed by frontier doctors.
Unfortunately, modern American culture has not paid much attention.
The Plains Indians found medicinal value in more than two hundred species of native prairie plants