An indigenous perennial, having an herbaceous, widely branched, smooth stem, 3 or 4 feet in height, of a dark-green or reddish color, arising from a thick, fleshy, aromatic root. The leaves are decompound; the leaf-stalks dividing into three partitions, each of which bears 3 or 5 large, ovate, pointed, serrate, slightly downy leaflets. The umbels are numerous, small, arranged in branching racemes from the axils of leaves or branches, and are composed of small greenish-white flowers, succeeded by dark-purple berries.

Alterative, diaphoretic, diuretic, pectoral and stimulant (root)

Aralia racemosa L.
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King's American Dispensatory

In the treatment of pulmonary diseases, asthma, rheumatism etc (herb); to sores, burns, itchy skin, ulcers, swellings etc (root/fruit).Externally it is used as a poultice in treating rheumatism and skin problems such as eczema.