Brassicaceae Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood

Crinkleroot

Delaware, Oklahoma - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 31, 76

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Scientific name: Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Wood
USDA symbol: CADI10 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Crinkleroot
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware, Oklahoma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Compound containing root used for 'scrofula.'

RECRD: 85042 id: 8025

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