botanical record · discovered
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Wild Ginger · American wild ginger · Canada snakeroot · Canada wild ginger · Canadian wild ginger · Canadian wildginger · Kanada metspipar · Namepin · asaret du Canada · asaret gingembre · asaro · canadisk hasselurt · gingembre sauvage · kanadahasselurt
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US(Cherokee), Turkey, US, US(Amerindian), US(Appalachia)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abdomen, Carminative, Expectorant, Fever
Science studied: ARISTOLONE, ELEMICIN, EO, LINALOL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Scientific name: Asarum canadense
Common names: Wild Ginger, American wild ginger, Canada snakeroot, Canada wild ginger, Canadian wild ginger, Canadian wildginger, Kanada metspipar, Namepin, asaret du Canada, asaret gingembre, asaro, canadisk hasselurt, gingembre sauvage, kanadahasselurt
History
The source record documents this plant in US(Cherokee), Turkey, US, Elsewhere, US(Amerindian), US(Appalachia).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abdomen
- Carminative
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Nerves
- Palpitation
- Polyp(Nose)
- Snuff
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- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Diuretic
- Eye
- Pain
- Ache(Head)
- Medicine
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US(Cherokee)
- Turkey
- US
- Elsewhere
- US(Amerindian)
- US(Appalachia)
Documented cultural uses
- Abdomen
- Carminative
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Nerves
- Palpitation
- Polyp(Nose)
- Snuff
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Diuretic
show 4 more documented entries
- Eye
- Pain
- Ache(Head)
- Medicine
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARISTOLONE
- ELEMICIN
- EO
- LINALOL
- METHYL-EUGENOL
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- LINALTL-ACETATE
- ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID
- GERANIOL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- LIMONENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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