Asclepias tuberose. Dr. Kader Kochi.

Synonyms

Milk weed, Pleurisy root, Butterfly weed.

Constituents

Perennial plant. Height 50 cm. Flowers are orange yellow. Plant contains cardiac glycoside, asclepiadin, tannic acid, gallic acid, resin, fixed oil, volatile oil, fat, gum, and starch.

Therapeutics

This is expectorant, mild carminative, antispasmodic, cathartic, and diaphoretic medicine.

It has tonic effect on stomach.

It is remedy for influenza, and bilious marsh fever of rice plantation.

It is remedy for dry cough, pleurisy, and chest pain after getting cold in damp weather.

It is remedy for rheumatic pain in left arm and right leg.

Dose

1 to 20 drops.

Dilution.