Usage of "rheumatism weed"

North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints.

Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints.

Synonyms

Examples for "Indian hemp"

Examples for "Indian hemp"

Those of the Cingalese are arrack, tobacco, fungi and the Indian hemp. 
 Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon 

Only Fu-Manchu, I think, would have thought of employing Indian hemp. 
 The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu 

Can it be that we were drugged on that occasion with Indian hemp? 
 The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu 

The active principle of Indian hemp is a resin. 
 The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition 

There were pieces of thread made of Indian hemp and the inner bark of the elm. 
 The Scouts of the Valley 

Usage of rheumatism weed in anglès

The winter evergreen, or rheumatism weed, thrown in, is very beneficial to humors. 
 The American Frugal Housewife 

Meanings of rheumatism weed in anglès