Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-In-The-Pulpit)

Traditional uses

US(Amerindian)

• Ache(Head)
• Poison

Elsewhere

• Aptha
• Bactericide
• Bronchitis
• Carminative
• Colic
• Tuberculosis
• Diaphoretic
• Expectorant
• Pertussis
• Rheumatism
• Sore
• Asthma
• Insecticide
• Lung
• Stimulant
• Stomatitis
• Irritant

US

• Cancer
• Carminative
• Cough
• Diuretic
• Polyp(Nose)
• Rheumatism
• Tuberculosis
• Vesicant
• Asthma
• Expectorant

German

• Expectorant

US(Ojibwe)

• Eye
• Poultice
• Sore

US(PA)

• Felon
• Whitlow

US(Menomini)

• Poultice
• Sore
• Eye

US(Colonial)

• Ringworm

French

• Sudorific

US(Meskwaki)

• Homicide
• Poison
• Swelling
• Bite(Snake)

US(Appalachia)

• Medicine

Chemicals

Plant

• LIGNIN
• CALCIUM-OXALATE

Tuber

• STARCH — 100000 to 170000

Seed

• PROTEIN — 150000
• FAT — 28000

Activities

1. Laxative — 2 compounds; CALCIUM-OXALATE, LIGNIN
2. Absorbent — 1 compounds; STARCH
3. Antibacterial — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
4. Anticancer — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
5. Anticoronary — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
6. Antidiarrheic — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
7. Antidote (Iodine) — 1 compounds; STARCH
8. AntiHIV — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
9. Antinesidioblastosic — 1 compounds; STARCH
10. Antinitrosaminic — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
11. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
12. Antitumor — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
13. Antiviral — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
14. Chelator — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
15. Emetic — 1 compounds; CALCIUM-OXALATE
16. Emollient — 1 compounds; STARCH
17. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
18. Inflammatory — 1 compounds; CALCIUM-OXALATE
19. Lithogenic — 1 compounds; CALCIUM-OXALATE
20. Pesticide — 1 compounds; LIGNIN
21. Poultice — 1 compounds; STARCH