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No herb was more revered by American Indians than the versatile 
Golden Seal (Hydrastis canadensis). Once flourishing in the 
moist, rich woodlands of the Northeast, they called it "yellow 
root" and used the brilliant golden juice extracted from its 
roots as an ornamental dye for their clothes and weapons, a 
paint for their faces, and for its health benefits. 

Early 
settlers adopted the use of Golden Seal and it quickly became a 
mainstay of American folk medicine. The name Golden Seal comes 
from the yellow scars left on the rhizome of the stem that 
bursts from every spring; these cars look like the omprint of an 
old-fashioned letter seal. Golden Seal is a very difficult and 
sensitive plant to gro and requires five years for roots to 
become mature.