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False Solomon’s Seal: Edible, Medicinal, Cautions & Other Uses

May 27, 2015 by Mike Leave a Comment

False Solomon’s Seal 1False Solomon’s Seal 2False Solomon’s Seal, Smilacina racemosa or Maianthemum racemosum, is a wild edible and medicinal plant used by several tribe for many uses. The young shoots taste like asparagus and the plant was used as a fishing item. It was used medicinally for rheumatism, coughs, headaches and so much more.

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False Solomon’s Seal Sources:

Audubon Guides Box Set – Birds, Tree, Wildflowers & Mammals. Computer Software.Green Mountain Digital. Version: 2.3. Web. Jul 10, 2014.

Brill, Steve. Wild Edibles Plus. Computer Software. WinterRoot LLC. Version 1.5. 2012. Web. Feb. 15, 2014.

Foster, Steven and James A. Duke. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America. 2nd. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Print. pg. 36

Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey. Cherokee Plants and Their Uses- A 400 Year History. North Carolina: Herald Publishing. 1975. Print. pg. 56

Herrick, James William. Iroquois Medical Botany. Ph.D. Thesis, New York: State University of New York, Albany 1977. Print. pg. 93, 245

Moerman Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Portland: Timber Press. 1998. Print. pg. 331-332

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Print. pg. 346-347

Peterson, Lee Allen. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants; Eastern and Central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Print. pg. 52-53

United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Services. Web.

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