Aster - Aster novæ-angliæ

Wildcrafted at BridesMill

Other Names:

Notes

Botanical: 

Taxonomy: Family: Asteraceae - asters

Habit: 
Propagation: 
Harvesting:  

Composition: 

Distribution: 

Uses:

Culinary: 

• (North American Aboriginal traditions): 

• Preserving:  

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Spiritual

• (European traditions): 
• Properties:
• (North American Aboriginal traditions) Chippewa smoked roots in pipes to attract game.  The Iroquois used the plant as a love medicine. 

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Cosmetic/Aromatic:  

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Medicinal

• (European traditions):  
• (North American Aboriginal traditions):  Not used to very wide extent. Most notable used are:
  • the Cherokee used root poultices it as Analgesic, and sniffed root ooze for catarrh. They also used root infusions for fever and diarrhoea. The Iroquois also used infusions of the whole plant (with rhizomes from another plant) for mothers with intestinal fevers. Decoctions of roots and leaves used by them for a variety of fevers.
  • smudged by the Meskwaki and Prairie Potawatomi to revive an unconscious patient. 

Other

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CAUTIONS:

Complete ethnobotanical notes and references available on request

Last edited 12 February 2002