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American Hellebore
Veratrum viride
American Hellebore · Indian Poke · American false hellebore · American false-hellebore · American white-hellebore · American wild hellebore · American-hellebore · Giant False-helleborine · Green False-Helleborine · Indian poke · false hellebore · false-hellebore · giant false helleborine · green false hellebore
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Canada(Kwakiutl), US, US(Amerindian), Turkey, US(Flathead), US(Appalachia), US(Colonial)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Back), Analgesic, Anodyne, Arteriosedative
Science studied: CEVADINE, CEVAGENINE, DEACETYLPROTOVERATRINE, GERMBUDINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Liliaceae
Scientific name: Veratrum viride
Common names: American Hellebore, Indian Poke, American false hellebore, American false-hellebore, American white-hellebore, American wild hellebore, American-hellebore, Giant False-helleborine, Green False-Helleborine, Indian poke, false hellebore, false-hellebore, giant false helleborine, green false hellebore
History
The source record documents this plant in Canada(Kwakiutl), US, US(Amerindian), Turkey, Elsewhere, US(Flathead), US(Appalachia), US(Colonial).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Back)
- Analgesic
- Anodyne
- Arteriosedative
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cardiosedative
- CNS depressant
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- Cold
- Convulsion
- Dandruff
- Diaphoretic
- Dyspepsia
- Emetic
- Evil eye
- Fatality
- Fever
- Fumitory
- Gout
- Heart
- Herpes
- Hypertension
- Insecticide
- Intoxicant
- Medicine
- Neuralgia
- Poison
- Sedative
- Sore(Throat)
- Sudorific
- Swelling
- Tonsillitis
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tranquilizer
- Tumor(Breast)
- Wound
- Diuretic
- Magic
- Ordeal
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Chest
- CNS sedative
- Decongestant
- Inflammation
- Laxative
- Mania
- Pediculicide
- Poultice
- Rheumatism
- Shingles
- Snuff
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Canada(Kwakiutl)
- US
- US(Amerindian)
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- US(Flathead)
- US(Appalachia)
- US(Colonial)
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Back)
- Analgesic
- Anodyne
- Arteriosedative
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cardiosedative
- CNS depressant
- Cold
- Convulsion
- Dandruff
- Diaphoretic
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- Dyspepsia
- Emetic
- Evil eye
- Fatality
- Fever
- Fumitory
- Gout
- Heart
- Herpes
- Hypertension
- Insecticide
- Intoxicant
- Medicine
- Neuralgia
- Poison
- Sedative
- Sore(Throat)
- Sudorific
- Swelling
- Tonsillitis
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tranquilizer
- Tumor(Breast)
- Wound
- Diuretic
- Magic
- Ordeal
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Chest
- CNS sedative
- Decongestant
- Inflammation
- Laxative
- Mania
- Pediculicide
- Poultice
- Rheumatism
- Shingles
- Snuff
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- CEVADINE
- CEVAGENINE
- DEACETYLPROTOVERATRINE
- GERMBUDINE
- GERMIBUDINE
- GERMITRINE
- ISOGERMIDINE
- JERVINE
- 1-ALPHA-METHYLBUTYRIC-ACID
- NEOGERMBUDINE
- NEOGERMIDINE
- PROTOVERATRIDINE
- PROTOVERATRINE-A
- PSEUDOJERVINE
- RUBIJERVINE
- VERATRALBINE
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- VERATRAMINE
- VERATRINE
- VERATROSINE
- ACETIC-ACID
- GERMERINE
- GERMINE
- 1-ALPHA-HYDROXY-ALPHA-METHYLBUTYRIC-ACID
- DEACETYLNEOPROTOVERATRINE
- GERMIDINE
- ISORUBIJERVINE
- EPSILON-JERVINE
- NEOGERMITRINE
- PROTOVERATRINE-B
- VERATETRINE
- VERATRIDINE
- VERATROYLZYGADENINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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