🪶Indigenous / Native American🏞️Appalachian Folk Medicine
Virginia Snakeroot
Aristolochia serpentaria
About Virginia Snakeroot
Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American and Appalachian Folk Medicine traditions to help with Fever, Snake Bite, Pain, and Digestive Issues, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal