Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.

American False Hellebore

Iroquois - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 280

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Scientific name: Veratrum viride Ait.
USDA symbol: VEVI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American False Hellebore
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Compound of dried plants used as snuff for catarrh, headaches and colds.

RECRD: 96892 id: 42694

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