Asclepias tuberosa

Traditional uses

US

  • Aperient
  • Carminative
  • Colic
  • Hemorrhage
  • Hysteria
  • Poultice
  • Sore
  • Spasm
  • Debility

US(Amerindian)

  • Bronchitis
  • Pleurisy

German

  • Carminative
  • Pleurisy
  • Sudorific

Elsewhere

  • Cathartic
  • Diuretic
  • Expectorant
  • Diaphoretic

US(Appalachia)

  • Diaphoretic
  • Emetic
  • Pleurisy
  • Expectorant
  • Medicine

Dutch

  • Expectorant

US(SC)

  • Fungoid

Mexico

  • Panacea

French

  • Tonic