🪶Indigenous / Native American
Beaver Poison
Cicuta maculata
About Beaver Poison
Beaver Poison (Cicuta maculata) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Pain, Arthritis, and Nerve Support. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Cicuta maculata is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, and the suicide root by the Iroquois. It is native to nearly all of North America, from northern Canada to southern Mexico. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a hollow erect stem to a maximum height between 1 and 1.5 meters. The long leaves are made up of several lance-shaped,...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal