''Vicia caroliniana'' (common name Carolina vetch, or Carolina wood vetch), is a plant found in North America.

Uses

The Cherokee use this plant for a variety of medicinal purposes. It is used for back pains, local pains, to toughen muscles, for muscular cramps, twitching and is rubbed on stomach cramps. They also use a compound for

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, for an affliction called "blacks", and it is taken for wind before a ball game. An infusion is used for muscle pain, in that it is rubbed on scratches made over the location of the pain. An infusion is also taken as an emetic. It is also used internally with ''Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium'' ssp. ''obtusifolium'' for

.Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 51, 52)

References

caroliniana Flora of the Northeastern United States Flora of the Southeastern United States Flora of the North-Central United States Flora of the Appalachian Mountains Plants used in traditional Native American medicine Plants described in 1788 Flora of the South-Central United States Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{fabeae-stub