Orchidaceae Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.

Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper

Iroquois - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289

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Scientific name: Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
USDA symbol: CYPA19 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Compound decoction taken as blood medicine when 'blood is bad from scrofula.'

RECRD: 84869 id: 11944

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