Historically, Native Americans used the plant as a medicinal herb to treat a number of ailments including [[dysentery]], digestive problems, swollen breasts, coughs and colds, [[typhus]], [[scarlet fever]], nerves, sore throats, cramps, [[heaves]], earaches, headaches, [[convulsion]]s, [[asthma]], [[tuberculosis]], urinary disorders, and [[venereal disease]]. In addition, they also used it as a [[stimulant]], appetite enhancer, charm and an admixture to strengthen other herbal preparations.

Historically, Native Americans used the plant as a medicinal herb to treat a number of ailments including [[dysentery]], digestive problems, swollen breasts, coughs and colds, [[typhus]], [[scarlet fever]], nerves, sore throats, cramps, [[heaves]], earaches, headaches, [[convulsion]]s, [[asthma]], [[tuberculosis]], urinary disorders, and [[venereal disease]]. In addition, they also used it as a [[stimulant]], appetite enhancer, charm and an admixture to strengthen other herbal preparations.

Tribes that used the species medicinally and culinarily include the Chippewa,{{Cite book |last=Densmore |first=Frances |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000560263 |title=How Indians use wild plants for food, medicine, and crafts. |date=1974 |publisher=Dover |isbn=978-0-486-23019-1 |series=Uses of plants by the Chippewa Indianshttp://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82061978http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n82061978http://viaf.org/viaf/186303248 |location=New York}} the Iroquois,{{Cite book |last=Herrick |first=James W. |title=Iroquois Medicinal Botany |publisher=Syracuse University Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780815602958 |location=Syracuse, New York}} the Ojibwe,Smith, H.H. 1932. Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:3(327-525). the Meskwaki,Smith, H.H. 1928. Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:2(175-326). the Menomini,Smith, H.H. 1923. Ethnobotany of the Menomini. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1(8-175). the Potawatomi,Smith, H.H. 1933. Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230. the Cherokee, the Abnaki, and the Micmac.M. Kat Anderson, “Canadian Wildginger,” December 5, 2000, [https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_asca.pdf https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_asca.pdf.]

Tribes that used the species medicinally and culinarily include the Chippewa,{{Cite book |last=Densmore |first=Frances |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000560263 |title=How Indians use wild plants for food, medicine, and crafts. |date=1974 |publisher=Dover |isbn=978-0-486-23019-1 |series=Uses of plants by the Chippewa Indians |location=New York}} the Iroquois,{{Cite book |last=Herrick |first=James W. |title=Iroquois Medicinal Botany |publisher=Syracuse University Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780815602958 |location=Syracuse, New York}} the Ojibwe,Smith, H.H. 1932. Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:3(327-525). the Meskwaki,Smith, H.H. 1928. Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:2(175-326). the Menomini,Smith, H.H. 1923. Ethnobotany of the Menomini. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1(8-175). the Potawatomi,Smith, H.H. 1933. Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230. the Cherokee, the Abnaki, and the Micmac.M. Kat Anderson, “Canadian Wildginger,” December 5, 2000, [https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_asca.pdf https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_asca.pdf.]

=== Other Uses ===

=== Other Uses ===