Origins: Bogs and wet places in woodlands, meadows, and thickets.
Uses: This herb *has been used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, anthelmintic, purgative, and tonic.
A guide to medicinal plants of Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959