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Purple Nut Sedge: Today’s Weed was Yesterday’s Medicinal Herb

Posted on 07/29/201906/09/2025 By Lynn DeVries No Comments on Purple Nut Sedge: Today’s Weed was Yesterday’s Medicinal Herb
Purple Nut Sedge: Today’s Weed was Yesterday’s Medicinal Herb

Recent archaeological research has found that prehistoric people living in Central Sudan may have used medicinal plants. Specifically, evidence that the Purple Nut Sedge (Cyperus rotundus) was eaten and possibly used medicinally has been found by examining the dental calculus of the skeletons found in recent digs. The purple nut sedge is now known as…

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