🪶Indigenous / Native American
Indian Root (Ojibwe)
Osmorhiza longistylis
About Indian Root (Ojibwe)
Indian Root (Ojibwe) (Osmorhiza longistylis) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Cough, Headache, and Wound Healing. The root is the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Osmorhiza longistylis is a perennial herb of Eastern North America and the Rocky Mountains region. It is known as aniseroot, longstyle sweetroot, American sweet cicely, licorice root, wild anise, or simply sweet cicely, a name that applies to other members of its genus Osmorhiza generally.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Root · both