African Milkweed Family (Asclepiadaceae)

非洲萝藦科fēi zhōu luó qì kēFeizhouluoqike

Asclepiadaceae · Plant

Asclepiadaceae
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Many species contain cardiac glycosides; use with caution.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists African Milkweed Family for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says African Milkweed Family does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit HeartBenefit Respiratory Asthma

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Asclepiadaceae and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.