- 인디언 포크, American hellebore
. 학명; Veratrum viride
. 개요;
. 효능;
. 사용법;
1 학명과 약용부위
- 학명; Veratrum viride
- 약용부위
. Rootstock.
. 뿌리
2 통명
- 영어; American white hellebore, bugbane, devil's bite, earth gall, green hellebore, Indian poke, itchweed, swamp hellebore, tickleweed, white hellebore
- 한글; 인디언 포크
3 개요
- 북미원산의 다년생 식물
. 습지와 저지에서 자생
- 줄기; 2미터까지 성장
. 뿌리는 불쾌한 냄새
- 잎; 어긋나며 타원형에서 피침형
. 꽃; 7월경 녹색 원추형으로 개화
American hellebore is a perennial plant whose branched stem may grow from 2 to 8 feet tall. It is found in swamps, moist meadows, and low grounds from Canada to Georgia, as far west as Minnesota, and in the mountains of the Pacific Coast states. The rootstock is thick and fleshy and has many large whitish roots. It has a strong, unpleasant smell when fresh and a sweetish-bitter, somewhat acrid taste. The leaves are alternate, changing from oval near the bottom to lanceolate or linear at the top. A more or less drooping panicle of green flowers appears from June to August.
4 효능
- 발한제, 구토제, 거담제, 해열제, 환각제
. 심장억제; 혈압 및 심박저하
- 주의; 과다복용시 심정지
. 잎식용시; 피부반응과 중독
Diaphoretic, emetic, expectorant, febrifuge, narcotic. American hellebore acts as a cardiac depressant. Deaths are recorded from overdoses of the drug. Sometimes the leaves are gathered and cooked as a vegetable by mistake, with severe skin reactions and poisoning as a result.
5 사용법
- 사용에 의료전문가의 도움 필요
. 긴박한 경우만 제한적으로 사용
- 과거 원주민 부족장선출시 사용
. 최후에 구토하는 사람이 선출
Too dangerous to be used without medical supervision.