Origin: Rich, damp, shady woods.
Uses: The plant has been used as an antispasmodic, emmenagogue, emetic, expectorant, and uterine astringent. The Indians of Appalachia cooked pieces of the root in food as an aphrodisiac.
A guide to medicinal plants of Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959