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Usage of Medicinal Orchids by North American Indians

  • Teoh E
Springer International Publishing, (2019), 173-194
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18255-7_11
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Abstract

North American Indians lived very close to nature. They employed plants to treat distressing symptoms or disease. This included two dozen orchid species growing in marshes, meadows or woodlands. Early white settlers resorted to Indian remedies when in need because...

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Teoh, E. S. (2019). Usage of Medicinal Orchids by North American Indians. In Orchids as Aphrodisiac, Medicine or Food (pp. 173–194). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18255-7_11

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