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

Rev.11-03-2021

White swallowwort

Plant

English

White swallowwort, Common vincetoxicum, German ipecac, Swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum

Latin

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik., Asclepias vincetoxicum L., Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers., Vincetoxicum officinale Moench, Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) R. Br., Vincetoxicum officinale, Asclepias vincetoxicum, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria

Plantparts

creeping rootstalks, Grass, Rhizome, Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Alexiteric, Antidiuretic, antidote, Antidotes, Antidote to animal bites, Anti-edemic, Anti-perspirant, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, dropsy, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, edema, emetic, fluid accumulation, hidrotic, Hydropsy, Icterus, Indolent ulcers, Induce sweating, induce vomiting, jaundice, oedema, plague, Poison Antidote, slow-healing sores, slow-healing wounds, Slow-to-heal wounds, sudorific, sweat-inducing, vomitive

Cancer

Anti-carcinogenic, anticarcinogenig, Anticarcinomic, antineoplastic, Anti-tumor, Anti-tumor activity, Neoplasm, tumor, tumor-inhibiting, Tumor inhibition, tumor-reducing, Tumors, Tumour, Tumour inhibition

Homoeopathically uses

fevers, high blood pressure, rabies, snakebite

Warnings

CNS-Paralytic, do not self-administer, No folk medical use, no folk medicinal use, Poison, Poisonous, Toxic

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Ingredients

 alkaloid, bitter glycoside, flavo-Glycoside, glycoside, Vincetoxin

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0282

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