GINGER, WILD. Asarum canadense. N.O. Aristolochiaceae.
Synonym : Canadian Snake Root.
Habitat : Woods and shady places in North America.
Features : Imported rhizome, slender, about four inches long by one-eighth inch thick, quadrangular, greyish to purplish brown, wrinkled ; fracture short ; rootlets whitish. Pungent, bitter taste.
Part used : Rhizome.
Action Stimulant, carminative, expectorant, diaphoretic. .
As a carminative in digestive and intestinal pains, and as a stimulant in colds and amenorrhoea resulting therefrom. An infusion of ounce of the powdered rhizome to 1 pint boiling water is taken hot for stimulative purposes, and blood warm as a carminative. Dose of the dry powder, 20 to 30 grains.
Practitioners of the American Physio-Medical School hold that this root exerts a direct influence upon the uterus, and prescribe it as a parturient when nervous fatigue is observed.
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