Endangered now, shouldn't be used. Good for cramps, heat, emotions and hormones... women's herb. Used for swooning and excitability.
From SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:
CYPRIPEDIUM
Nervous tachycardia. Palpitations, arrhythmias with agitation, neurotic (with Cereus). Insomnia in asthenic individuals or in atonic, debilitated states. Neuralgia in convalescence, debility. Poison ivy/oak (externally and topically). Amenorrhea with depressions. Dysmenorrhea, in general. Menopause, with melancholia after hot flashes. Infant teething, in the otherwise nervous fretful child. Headache, migraine, antispasmodic.
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