SKUNK CABBAGE OVERALL

SKUNK CABBAGE OVERALL

Skunk Cabbage, aka, charogene, chou puant, chou sconse, col de mofeta,

dracontium, foetidum meadow cabbage and polecat weed. People use skunk cabbage

to treat bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough, rheumatism, ring worm, scabies, some cancers, snake bite, and to stimulate the digestive system.

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Symplocarpus fortidus, eastern skunk cabbage, aka swamp cabbage, clumpfoot

or meadow cabbage, fortid pothos, polecat weed, is a low growing plant in wetlands of

Eastern North America . The leaves of which, when tampered with, gives off a fragrance of

the skunk, but is not harmful nor poisonous . These leaves are rather large , 20 inches long and 15 inches broad, the roots grow deep into the mud, downward, the plant reproduces

from a pea size seed that is generally carried off by animals or by flood waters. The flower

is used to treat respiratory and nervous disorders, and rheumatism. The plant is of the Plantae kingdom. Araceae family.

Lysichiton americanus, western skunk cabbage, aka yellow cabbage, swamp lantern,

in the Pacific Northwest. Here is is of the Arum family. This plant does not produce heat

as does the Eastern skunk cabbage. The plant is considered a weed, bears eat the roots. It's leaves are spicy or peppery to taste and were used to cure sores and swelling. In Britain it

is used in ornamental gardens but not recommended to be cultivated.

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