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  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)

  
 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)

  
 Wild ginger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asarum canadense is native to the forests of eastern North America.
Asarum caudatum is found in British Columbia south through Washington and Oregon to central California, and from the Coast Range east to western Montana.
Asarum canadense and other species in the genus contain the chemical aristolochic acid, which is carcinogenic in rats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wild_ginger   (287 words)

  
 Vermont Snake Root - eMedicinal.com
It is mixed with lance-leaf plantain to stop mucus congestion in the nose and respiratory passages.
Asarum is too dangerous to be used without medical supervision.
Asarum Europaeum - Asarum is too dangerous to be used without medical supervision.
www.emedicinal.com /herbs/vermontsnakeroot.php   (288 words)

  
 Asarum - eMedicinal.com
Asarum is a perennial, evergreen plant; a low plant with a horizontal, creeping rootstock and prostrate stem.
The large, solitary flowers appear from March to May and are characterized by a green-brown color on the outside, reddish-fl on the inside.
Asarum canadense L. Asarum canadense is a perennial plant; the knobby, root of the plant is round and fleshy, with dividing stem supporting a heart-shaped, deep green above and a light green below, soft, woolly and handsomely veined leaf, there being two to a plant.
www.emedicinal.com /herbs/asarum.php   (288 words)

  
 Asarum
Plants for shade > Perennials A - D (Actaea to Dodecatheon) > Asarum
From western North America, the cyclamen-leaved asarum with silver veined glossy pointed leaves. Best in some shade and not too damp.
The panda asarum with large fl and white flowers under zoned foliage. 9cm pots.
www.plantsforshade.co.uk /acatalog/Asarum.html   (165 words)

  
 Asarum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Asarum europaeum (as'a-rum) - European Ginger, Wild Ginger
Asarum needs shade and moist soil that is rich in organic matter.
It spreads by creeping rhizomes at a slow to moderate rate.
www.williams-nursery.com /asarum.htm   (129 words)

  
 ASARUM - Materia Medica Pura - Dr. Samuel Hahnemann
(The spirituous tincture of the dry root of Asarum europaeum or the juice of the whole plant mixed with alcohol.)
Thus for instance, arsenic has undoubtedly other important uses in the divine economy; for we can only employ a very small portion of the many hundred tons of it which the Saxon Erzgebirge alone can furnish for a useful medicinal purpose.
According to COSTE and WILLEMET vinegar is an antidote to asarum.
www.hpathy.com /materiamedica/hahnemann_mmpura/asarum.asp   (3990 words)

  
 Big Dipper Farm - Grown on the Third Planet from the Sun
Our most popular Asarum and most difficult to keep in stock.
The leaves are heart shaped and glossy dark green mottled with silvery blotches.
This evergreen is among the most beautiful and unusual of ground covers for the shade and one of the most sought after of all the asarum species.
www.bigdipperfarm.com /cgi-bin/searchstuff.pl?Botanical=Asarum   (370 words)

  
 Asarum Europaeum - Homeopathic Remedies
Asarum Europaeum Canadensa - Wild Ginger (Colds, followed by amenorrhoea and gastro-enteritis.
Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Asarum Europaeum in treating any of the symptoms below.
The following are the strongest indications of Asarum Europaeum for its use in homeopathy.
www.abchomeopathy.com /r.php/Asar   (352 words)

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