🪶Indigenous / Native American🏞️Appalachian Folk Medicine
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
About Bloodroot
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American and Appalachian Folk Medicine traditions to help with Respiratory Issues, Skin Health, Fever, and Oral Health, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot, is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America. It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria, included in the poppy family Papaveraceae, and is most closely related to Eomecon of eastern Asia.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both