Mark Tierno's Medicinal Herbs Database | |
Asarum Canadense |
| Botanical Name |
Asarum canadense |
| System Affected |
abdomen, eyes |
| Properties |
abdomen and associated organs. eyes also called: black snakeweed, canada snakeroot, canadian wild ginger, coltsfoot snakeroot, false coltsfoot, heart snakeroot, indian ginger, southern snakeroot, vermont snakeroot, wild ginger |
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Ginger, Wild |
| Botanical Name |
Asarum canadense |
| System Affected |
digestion, cough, fever, throat |
| Properties |
indigestion coughs, fever, sore throat flatulence nervous conditions anti-tumor (contains aristolochic acid) |
| Description |
similar to true ginger |
| Origin |
North America |
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none |
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