Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.

American False Hellebore

Iroquois - Drug, Cold Remedy

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: Cold Remedy
Notes: Dried plants or powdered roots used as snuff for catarrh, headaches and colds.

RECRD: 96893 id: 42695

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