SANICLE ñ Sanicula Marilandica


Common names: Black snakeroot, pool root, American Sanicle, wood Sanicle.

Features: Sanicle, of the parsley family, is an indigenous perennial common to 
the U.S. and Canada. The fibrous root is aromatic in taste and odor, with a 
smooth reddish furrowed stem, 1-3 ft. high. The leaves are digitate, mostly 
radical, and on petioles, 6-12 inches long, nearly 3 inches across, glossy green 
above, less color underneath. The flowers bloom in June and July. They are 
mostly barren white, sometimes yellowish, the fertile ones sessile.

Medicinal Parts: Roots, leaves.

Solvent: Water

Bodily Influence: Vulverary, astringent, alterative, expectorant, discutient, 
depurative.

Uses: Used by Native Americans in intermittent fevers and for treating a variety 
of skin conditions. The action upon the system very much resembles that of 
valerian, possessing nervine and anodyne properties. This is one of the herbs 
that could well be called a "Cure All" because it possesses powerful cleansing 
and healing virtues, both internally and externally. It heals, stops bleeding, 
diminishes tumors, whether of a recent or long-standing nature. The properties, 
when administered, seem to seek the area most in distress, be it the throat, 
lungs, intestines, renal tract, reproductive organs, etc. You name it, sanicle 
will find it. It's qualifications are many as a cleansing and healing herb of 
both man and animal.

Homeopathic: Amenorrhea, asthma, bee stings, boils, borborygmus coccyx, conyloma 
conjunctivitis, constipation, ulceration of the cornea, cough, dandruff, 
debility, diabetes, diarrhea, digestion, dropsy (during pregnancy), eczema, 
emanciation, enuresis, excoriations, foot sweat, gastritis, suppressed gums, 
itching, leucorrhoea, liver soreness, lumbago, melancholy, thin milk, mouth 
sores, neuralgia, neurasthenia, night terrors, nose crusting, ophthalmia 
(tarsi), dilated uteri, rheumatism, rickets, scurvy, seasickness, sore throat, 
ringworm or burning of the tongue, toothache, vomiting, boils on wrist.