corallorhiza odontorhiza

AKA
chicken toes
crawley
dragon's claw
fever root
scaly dragon's claw
turkey claw

Rootstock is used.

ACTIONS
diaphoretic
febrifuge
sedative

Effective remedy fo fevers, cramps and skin diseases

Because of its relative scacity, it is often combined with other herbs.

Tea can be used internally and externally.
For insomnia, take the tea before bed.

Coral root ia a Native American, perennial plant that grows around
the roots of trees in dry woodlands from Maine to Minnisota and south
to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri.

Dark brown, branched, tooth coral-like underground rootstocks
send up simple scapes with sheaths instead of leaves and with terminal
racemes of 3 to 20 flowers.
Hood-like flowers are reddish or purplish on the outside,
paler & flaked with purple lines on the inside.
One petal forms a white lip with purple spots and a purple rim.
Flowering time is August to October.


SOURCE(S)
Lust, John
The Herb Book
©1974, Benedict Lust Pulications
Bantam Edition December 1974
Published in the USA and Canada

Henrietta's Herbal
Holistic Online

Oz Wicca

Stevens Point

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