Origins: Rich woods and thickets, open woodlands, fallow fields, and roadsides.
Uses: The herb is used as a tonic, diuretic, diaphoretic, and in reducing hemorrhoids.
A guide to medicinal plants of Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959