Orchidaceae Cypripedium acaule Ait.

Pink Lady's Slipper

Penobscot - Drug, Sedative

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310

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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: Penobscot
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Sedative
Notes: Infusion of plant taken for 'nervousness.'

RECRD: 84849 id: 11924

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