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Ctenium aromaticum is a species of grass known by the common name toothache grass. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it grows on the coastal plain. [1] This is a perennial grass that forms clumps of stems reaching 1 to 1.5 meters (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 11 in) in maximum height. The leaves are up to 46 centimeters (18 in) long.
Zanthoxylum americanum, the common prickly-ash, common pricklyash, common prickly ash or northern prickly-ash (also sometimes called toothache tree, yellow wood, or suterberry), is an aromatic shrub or small tree native to central and eastern portions of the United States and Canada.
Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5] Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. [6] A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and bears gold and red inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but ...
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, the Hercules' club, Hercules-club, pepperwood, or southern prickly ash, is a spiny tree or shrub native to the southeastern United States.It grows to 10–17 m tall and has distinctive spined thick, corky lumps 2–3 cm long on the bark.
A toothache usually happens when the nerve in the root of the tooth is irritated, or from irritation in the gum or bone around the tooth, says Daniel Weinstein, DDS, chief dental officer at ...
For toothache the bark is removed, the branch heated in ashes, and then placed in the mouth to "harden" a loose tooth. [21] The Cahuilla of California also used this as a toothache reliever, [48] and to treat chest pain as well by heating the plant gum and applying it to the chest. [48] [49]
The root of the plant can be used for toothache pain in addition to cleaning wounds and ulcers with a decoction. Effective use of the medicine is from both external and internal use. [citation needed] The entirety of the plant is classified as an anthelmintic which means it can be used to remove parasitic worms and other internal parasites.
Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West - Cultural and Scientific Basis for their Use. Abedus Press, La Crescenta. ISBN 0-9763091-0-6. Gives the Chumash Indian and scientific basis for use of many plants, along with color photographs of each plant. Cecilia Garcia is a Chumash healer. Lowell J. Bean and Katherine Siva Saubel (1972).