Steinmetz:Asclepias
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Asclepias cornutum
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- English Names
- Common Milkweed
- Virginian Swallowwort
- Syrian Swallowwort
- Silkweed
- Silk Vine
- Syrian
- Silk plant
- Natural Habitat
- U. S. A.
- tropical Africa
- India
- Europe
- China
- Part(s) Used
- Rhizoma Asclepias cornuti
- Rhizoma Asclepias syriacae
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- Constituent(s)
- asclepiadin = vincetoxin (bitter principle)
- caoutchouc
- asclepion
- poisonous milky juice
- tannin
- starch
- resin
- wax
- Action
- diuretic
- alterative
- emetic
- nervine
- expectorant
- toxic
- used in pneumonia
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[edit] Asclepias curassavica
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- English Names
- Milkweed
- Swallowwort
- Bastard Ipecacuanha
- Natural Habitat
- North and Central America
- West Indies
- South India
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Asclepiadis curassavicae
- Radix Asclepiadis curassavicae
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- Constituent(s)
- asclepiadin (asclepin)
- vincetoxin
- Action
- haemostatic
- astringent
- emetic
- purgative
- vermifuge
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[edit] Asclepias incarnata
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- English Names
- Swamp Silkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Incarnate Swallowwort
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Rhizoma Asclepias incarnatae
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- fixed oil
- acids
- asclepiadin
- gum
- starch
- Action
- stomachic
- emetic
- diuretic
- purgative
- vermifuge
- sudorific
- alterative
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[edit] Asclepias tuberosa
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- English Names
- Tuberous Swallowwort
- Pleurisy root
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Rhizoma Asclepias tuberosae
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- Action
- antispasmodic
- expectorant
- sudorific
- tonic
- aperient
- carminative
- used in pleurisy
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[edit] Asclepias asthmatica
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Indian Peninsula
- Mauritius
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Tylophorae
- Radix Tylophorae
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- Action
- sudorific
- expectorant
- anti-dysenteric
- emetic; used as a substitute for Ipecacuanha
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