American Adder’s tongue
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Other Names : Erythronium americanum, american trout lily, yellow adder's tongue, yellow trout lily, yellow fawn lily, yellow dog-tooth violet
Special Precautions of American Adder’s tongue
Don't confuse with English Adder's tongue
health Benefits and Uses of American Adder’s tongue
- The Cherokee crushed the warmed leaves and poured the juice over wounds that would not heal.
- All parts of the plant can be used for tea. This has been used for fevers and stomach ulcers.
- It was used as a contraceptive for women, although it is unknown how this works.
- A constituent : alpha-methylene-butyrolactone binds to cancerous cells to inhibit reproduction and therefore could possibly be a cancer remedy.
