Ethnobotanical Plant Asclepias syriaca | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Ipek Fidani; Milkweed

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Country/Region	Reference
Alterative	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma	US	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Bronchitis	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer	US(Pamunkey)	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cough	US	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Diaphoretic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	US	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Dyspepsia	US	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Emetic	US	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Emetic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *