Asclepias tuberosa

Common Name: Pleurisy root


Comment: pulmonary infections.


Purposes:   (See also Disease: Signs & Symptoms)


Used In:    (See Formulas)

Fever Tea #2DC49                                          
Labour Reducing Tonic                                
Measles Tea #2DC44                                      
Pleurisy Tonic #1DC145                              
Pneumonia Tonic #1DC146                            


Properties:   

Diaphoretic                            
Diuretic                                  
Expectorant                            
Nervine                                    
Stimulant                                
Tonic                                        


Contraindication(s):   


Constituents:   

Essential oil
Glycosides. Including asclepiadin and possibly cardioactive glycosides.


Materia Medica:    (See Materia Medica.)

Anti-microbialsRESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Broncho-relaxantsRESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Cardiac tonicsCARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM


 

 

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