Record #:

24574

Author(s):

Jenkins, Mitchell

Abstract:

The toothache tree is a species of prickly ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, that indigenous groups in North America used to cure toothaches. They chewed the bark and leaves from this tree to relieve pain.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 24, May 1972, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

Trees--North Carolina; Trees; Trees--Physiology; Medicine--Herbal