glechoma hederacea

action	astringent, cardiotonic, diuretic, tonic
body	blood
common name	ale hoof, ground ivy, groundivy, ivy
family	lamiaceae
indigenous use	cherokee
range	acadia national park, allegheny portage railroad national hist, apostle islands national lakeshore, argentina, assateague island national seashore, blue ridge parkway, booker t. washington national monument, cape cod national seashore, catoctin mountain park, chesapeake and ohio canal, chickamauga & chattanooga, colonial national historic park, cumberland gap national historic park, cuyahoga valley national recreation area, effigy mounds national monument, europe, fort necessity national battlefield, frederick law olmsted national historic, friendship hill national historic site, gateway national recreation area, george washington memorial parkway, great smoky mountains national park, greenbelt park, harpers ferry national historic park, horseshoe bend national military park, hot springs national park, indiana dunes national lakeshore, isle royale national park, japan, johnstone flood national memorial, lake clark national park, lincoln boyhood national memorial, mammoth cave national park, manassas national battlefield, moores creek national battlefield, mound city group national monument, mount rainier national park, national capital region - east, north cascades national park, pictured rocks national lakeshore, prince william forest park, richmond national battlefield park, rock creek park, roosevelt vanderbilt nat. hist. site, saint croix national scenic river, saratoga national historic park, sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore, spain, turkey, us, voyageurs national park, wales, yellowstone national park
use	poison
used to treat	abscesses, boils, children's ailments, common cold, corns, diabetes, epithelioma, kidney ailments, nerves, skin ailments, ulcers
range	acadia national park, arkansas post national memorial, olympic national park
comments	Applied as a compress for boils, abcesses and ulcers.