Kingdom Plantae Family Fabaceae Tribe Fabeae Rank Species | Order Fabales Subfamily Faboideae Genus Vicia | |
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Similar Vicia menziesii, Vicia hassei, Orbexilum pedunculatum, Vicia pyrenaica, Vicia articulata | ||
Vicia caroliniana (common name Carolina vetch, or Carolina wood vetch), is a plant found in North America.
Uses
The Cherokee use this plant for a variety of medicinal purposes. It is used for back pains, local pains, to toughen muscles, for muscular cramps, twitching and is rubbed on stomach cramps. They also use a compound for rheumatism, for an affliction called "blacks", and it is taken for wind before a ball game. An infusion is used for muscle pain, in that it is rubbed on scratches made over the location of the pain. An infusion is also taken as a emetic. It is also used internally with Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium for rheumatism.
References
Vicia caroliniana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA