Ranunculaceae Actaea racemosa var. racemosa

Black Bugbane

Penobscot - Drug, Kidney Aid

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 310311

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Scientific name: Actaea racemosa var. racemosa
Common names: Black Bugbane
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Penobscot
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Root used to make a medicine and taken for kidney trouble.

RECRD: 84098 id: 1443

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