(database accessed August 2005)
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.)
Torr.
Adam And Eve; Orchidaceae
Catawba Drug (Analgesic)
Pounded, powdered, boiled roots used for head pains.
Speck, Frank G. 1937 Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices.
Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197 (p.
188)
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Adam And Eve; Orchidaceae
Catawba Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Pounded, powdered, boiled roots used for boils.
Speck, Frank G. 1937 Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices. Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197 (p. 188)
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Adam And Eve; Orchidaceae
Catawba Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of beaten roots applied to boils.
Taylor, Linda Averill 1940 Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes. Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University (p. 10)
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Adam And Eve; Orchidaceae
Cherokee Drug (Dietary Aid)
Given to endow children with the gift of eloquence and to make them fat.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 51)
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Adam And Eve; Orchidaceae
Cherokee Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Given to endow children with the gift of eloquence and to make them fat.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 51)
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Adam And Eve; Orchidaceae
Cherokee Food (Fodder)
Roots added to the slop to make hogs fat.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 51)
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