Asclepias seeds for Monarch Butterflies

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Hmmm. That's kind of ironic. Lol. Asclepias is the Greek God of medicine.

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Apr 7th, 2015 at 5:39:08 PM PDT by

Medicinal Action and Uses---The plant is used medicinally in the United States for the anodyne properties of its root and its rhizome and root have been employed successfully, like those of A. tuberosa, both in powder and infusion, in cases of asthma and typhus fever attended with catarrh, producing expectoration and relieving cough and pain. It has also been used in scrofula with great success.

---Constituents---It has a very milky juice, which is used as a domestic application to warts. The juice has a faint smell and subacid taste and an acid reaction. It contains a crystalline substance of a resinous character, closely allied to lactucone and called Asclepione; also wax-like, fatty matter, caoutchouc, gum, sugar, salts of acetic acid and other salts.

Besides the above-named species, various other species of the genus have been used medicinally.

An indigenous North American species A. verticillata (Linn.), is used in the Southern States as a remedy in snake bites and the bites of venomous insects. Twelve fluid ounces of a saturated decoction are said to cause an anodyne and sudorific effect, followed by gentle sleep

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Apr 7th, 2015 at 5:45:41 PM PDT by

Am I correct to assume this flower has some medicinal property as it's name implies? If so, do you know what they are?

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Apr 6th, 2015 at 5:41:54 PM PDT by

I do not know I'm sorry but I do know that most of the plant is poisonous,,,,
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/ascle072.html

Apr 7th, 2015 at 5:32:35 PM PDT by

Neat! Ty for the research. My mother was always very herbal so I'm naturally curious about the properties of anything I plan to plant.

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Apr 7th, 2015 at 5:51:13 PM PDT by

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