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Red Trillium | | Name : | Red Trillium | | Synonyms : | Americanground lily
Bethroot
Coughroot
Groundlily
Indianbalm
Indianshamrock
Jew's-harpplant
Lamb'squarter (Chenopodium album)
Milkipecac
Noddingwakerobin
Pariswort
Rattlesnakeroot
Redtrillium
Snakebite
Three-leavednightshade
Trillium
Wake-robin
| | Parts Used : | Rootstock (dried rhizome) | | Habitat : | Found in rich soils and shady woods of the central and western states.Nova Scotia to Georgia mountains, Florida; Tennessee to Michigan,Ontario. | | Description : | Birthroot is an herbaceous perennial plant; grows to the height of10-15 inches, the simple stem arises naked from an oblong,tuberous, short, thick, rootstock (rhizome) and bears, only at thevery top, a whorl of three round-ovate, acuminate leaves. In May andJune a single yellow-white to reddish-white, unpleasantly scentedflower appears above the leaves. The flower grows on a short stalkin the center of the whorl of leaves; it has 3 petalsand 3 sepals. The fruit is a pink or red 3 or6 angled berry. | | Constituents : | Tannin, resin, glycosides trillin and trillarin, traces of essentialoil, saponin, fatty oil and starch
Antiseptic, astringent, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, tonic,alterative, pectoral | | Uses : | Birthroot can be used for coughs, bronchialproblems, hemorrhage from the lungs, asthma,difficult breathing, pulmonary consumption,and boiled in milk for diarrheaand dysentery. Used externallyand internally for female problems. A poultice or salve relieves insectbites and stings, tumors, inflammations,and ulcers, snakebites,wounds, skin irritation.Birthroot is an indication of its use by the Native Americans as anaid during childbirth. They also used birthroot for menopause,aphrodisiac (root contains steroids). A tea of equal parts of Bugleweed(Lycopus virginicus) and birthroot was once used for diabetes. | | Dosage : | Decoction: use 1 tsp. root with 1 cupwater (or milk). Drink either hot or cold just before going to bed.Take 1 to 2 cups a day.
Tincture: take 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. ata time. | | Myths : | The root has the faint fragrance of turpentine and a peculiar aromaticand sweetish astringent taste when first chewed, but becomes bitterand acid, causing salivation. Its shape is remindful of popular Ginsengroot. | | Sold : | Available in whole, cut, or powdered form. Tincture |
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