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PLANTS Profile for Asarum canadense (Canadian wildginger) | USDA PLANTS (287 words) |
 | 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. |
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Safety Issues Affecting Chinese Herbs: The Case of Asarum (6865 words) |
| 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. |
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