Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.12-05-2020

Showy milkweed

Plant

English

Showy milkweed, Common milkweed showy milkweed, Greek milkweed, Milkweed

Latin

Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-Rheumatic, Antiseptic, arthritis, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, baktericidal, care of the skin, disease of the eye, disinfectant, Eye complaints, Eye disease, eye diseases, Good for skin, good for the stomach, ophthalmic disease, Ophthalmic problems, opthalmic disease, Perfect skin, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, Sexual diseases, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted infections, Skin-care, skin tonic, social disease, stomach atony, stomach debility, Stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, Used as an antiseptic, Venereal disease, Venereal diseases, verruca, Wart, warts, weak stomach

Foods

Sugar substitute, sweetener

Other uses

colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Ingredients

 Alpha-Amyrin, Beta-Sitosterol, Campesterol, Hentriacontane, linolenic acid, N-Nonacosane, Oleanolic acid, Palmitic acid, Pseudo-taraxasterol, Squalene, Stigmasterol, Ursolic acid, Vegetable oil, Β-amyrin

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn2484

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