Cathartic, diaphoretic, emetic, expectorant, stimulant. Senega snakeroot found its most common application in medicine as an., expectorant. in respiratory, problems. The Seneca Indians who introduced it to the white man, chewed the rootstock to make a mash which was applied to snakebites (after cutting the bite and tucking out the poison).
The Seneca Indians who introduced it to the white man, chewed the rootstock to make a mash which was applied to snakebites (after cutting the bite and tucking out the poison).