Steinmetz:Asclepias

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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
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



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
Constituent(s)
  • asclepiadin (asclepin)
  • vincetoxin
Action
  • haemostatic
  • astringent
  • emetic
  • purgative
  • vermifuge



Asclepias incarnata

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Asclepiadaceae
English Names
  • Swamp Silkweed
  • Swamp Milkweed
  • Incarnate Swallowwort
Natural Habitat
  • U. S. A.
Part(s) Used
  • Rhizoma Asclepias incarnatae
Constituent(s)
  • essential oil
  • fixed oil
  • acids
  • asclepiadin
  • gum
  • starch
Action
  • stomachic
  • emetic
  • diuretic
  • purgative
  • vermifuge
  • sudorific
  • alterative



Asclepias tuberosa

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Asclepiadaceae
English Names
  • Tuberous Swallowwort
  • Pleurisy root
Natural Habitat
  • North America
Part(s) Used
  • Rhizoma Asclepias tuberosae
Action
  • antispasmodic
  • expectorant
  • sudorific
  • tonic
  • aperient
  • carminative
  • used in pleurisy



Asclepias asthmatica

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Asclepiadaceae
English Names
  • Indian Ipecac
Natural Habitat
  • Indian Peninsula
  • Mauritius
Part(s) Used
  • Folia Tylophorae
  • Radix Tylophorae
Action
  • sudorific
  • expectorant
  • anti-dysenteric
  • emetic; used as a substitute for Ipecacuanha
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