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	PLANTS Profile for Asarum canadense (Canadian wildginger) \| USDA PLANTS
		Asarum canadense L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Asarum thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
		Asarum canadense L. View 3 genera in Aristolochiaceae, 6 species in Asarum
		Asarum canadense L. This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state.
	plants.usda.gov /java/profile?symbol=ASCA (287 words)

	Safety Issues Affecting Chinese Herbs: The Case of Asarum
		Asarum may be added to cough mixtures, and with syrup forms a very agreeable vehicle for the administration of pectoral medicines to be used in the chronic coughs of debility to aid expectoration." There is also a European variety, Asarum europaeum, which is not widely used: it acts as an emetic and cathartic.
		Asarum was widely utilized in the Shanghan Lun, the earliest existing formula guide of the Chinese tradition, and it occurs in many traditional formulas that have been passed down to modern times, recorded in major herb guides.
		Since asarum has a strong acrid and aromatic flavor and dispersive action, it is contraindicated in patients with profuse sweating due to qi deficiency, headache due to yin deficiency leading to hyperactive yang, and cough due to deficient yin and lung heat.
	www.itmonline.org /arts/asarum.htm (6865 words)

	Asarum - wild ginger plants
		Asarum are woodland plants that make beautiful groundcovers in shaded areas.
		Asarum is an attractive, yet little known perennial groundcover native to forest floors of Europe and North America.
		Asarums are tolerant of dry conditions once they establish themselves and work well under shade trees.
	www.gorgetopgardens.com /perennials/asarum.html (237 words)

	Asarums at The Plant Collector Nursery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Some sources of Asarums sell a selection from a population so you can not know how variegated the plant is before you see it.
		Asarums are woodland plants that like to grow in the leaf mold layer found under trees.
		Asarum stellatum (Japan) evergreen clumper similar to A. sakawanum As the name suggests, this one has white spots on the leaves (stars) and dark green leaves.
	rowinter.com /PC/htm/Asarum.htm (745 words)

	PBSWiki - Asarum
		Asarum arifolium is an evergreen North American species with silvery markings.
		Asarum canadense is a deciduous North American species that has brown purple flowers in the spring.
		Asarum caudatum is found in the United States and Canada in shady moist areas.
	www.pacificbulbsociety.org /pbswiki/index.php/Asarum (150 words)

	Asarum
		Asarum was traditionally used as an antiemetic and antitussive.
		Today, Asarum is used as an anti-inflammatory for a wide variety of conditions, especially those involving the respiratory tract such as bronchitis and asthma.
		Asarum is an emmenagogue and abortifacient and may lead to SAB if used during pregnancy.
	altmed.creighton.edu /preg/asarum.htm (72 words)

	Paghat's Garden: Asarum shuttleworthii 'Callaway'
		Asarum shuttleworthii 'Callaway,' or Callaway Mottled Ginger, is a cultivar of Shuttleworth Ginger.
		It is the most senstive of the asarums we have in our gardens, though even so very easy to grow.
		Most asarum species hide their flowers underneath large leaves, but because "Callaway" is slow to add new spring leaves, its flowers start out completely unhidden.
	www.paghat.com /asarum3.html (741 words)

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