Orchidaceae Cypripedium acaule Ait.

Pink Lady's Slipper

Micmac - Drug, Sedative

Use documented by:
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 56

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Scientific name: Cypripedium acaule Ait.
USDA symbol: CYAC3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pink Lady's Slipper
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Micmac
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Sedative
Notes: Root used for nervousness.

RECRD: 84848 id: 11923

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