Orchidaceae Cypripedium acaule Ait.

Pink Lady's Slipper

Rappahannock - Drug, Panacea

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 32

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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: Rappahannock
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Compound of dried roots and whiskey taken for general ailments.

RECRD: 84850 id: 11925

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