Origins: Thickets, roadsides, fence rows, dry and damp woods, and sandy areas.

Uses: Preparations made from the roots and rhizomes has been used as central nervous system-system depressants, febrifuge, anodyne, and antispasmodic. 

A guide to medicinal plants of Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959