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North American plant Hydrastis canadensis of the buttercup family whose thick yellow root is used medicinally as an astringent and a tonic. The root contains the alkaloid hydrastine, employed by herbalists to stop uterine bleeding.
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If only for this reason, we should be encouraging the cultivation of Hydrastis canadensis and other native medicinal plants in an effort to bring them back in bountiful numbers throughout the Southern Appalachian Mountains, their native habitat.
A forest garden of medicinal plants by Eidus, Robert A. / New Life Journal
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