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Asclepias tuberosa

Common Name
Tuberous Swallowwort; Knollige Schwalbenwurz; Yanagi-Towata; Knolzijdewortel; Pleurisyroot; Pleurisy Root; Knollige Seidenpflanze; Knollseidenwurzel; Asclepiade Tubereux

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Pleurisy German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pleurisy US(Amerindian) *
Pleurisy US(Appalachia) *
Poultice US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Sore US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Spasm US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.