Variable White Milkweed (Asclepias alba)

变白马利筋biàn bái mǎ lì jīnBianbaimalijin

Asclepias alba · Plant

Asclepias, standing in for Asclepias alba
This photo shows Asclepias, not Asclepias alba: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains cardiac glycosides; use with caution.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Variable White Milkweed 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 Asclepias alba 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.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Heart0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Asthma0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records