LADY'S-SLIPPER - NativeTech: Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast

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LADY'S-SLIPPER
(Cypripedium acaule)

LADY'S-SLIPPER

Medicine: A decoction of the boiled roots was used to calm the nerves. Chippewa made a toothache medicine from another variety of lady slipper (C. acaule)

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