Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant 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
Aperient US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bronchitis US(Amerindian) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Carminative German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Cathartic Elsewhere *
Colic US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Debility 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 ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diaphoretic US(Appalachia) *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Emetic US(Appalachia) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Expectorant US(Appalachia) *
Expectorant Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fungoid US(SC) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Hemorrhage US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Hysteria US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Medicine US(Appalachia) *
Panacea Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press