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WHAT DOES PLEURISY ROOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pleurisy root

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.3–1 metre tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5–12 cm long, and 2–3 cm broad. This plant favors dry, sand or gravel soil, but has also been reported on stream margins. It requires full sun. It is commonly known as Butterfly Weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. It is also the larval food plant of the Queen and Monarch butterflies. Hummingbirds, bees and other insects are also attracted. Extracts were used by Native Americans as an expectorant for wet coughs and other pulmonary ailments. Use of the herb is contraindicated in pregnancy, during lactation or with infants due to the small amount of cardiac glycosides.

Definition of pleurisy root in the English dictionary

The definition of pleurisy root in the dictionary is the root of the butterfly weed, formerly used as a cure for pleurisy.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEURISY ROOT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEURISY ROOT

aerial root
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Culver´s root
fern root
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Translation of «pleurisy root» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEURISY ROOT

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Translator English - Chinese

胸膜炎根
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

raíz pleuresía
570 millions of speakers

English

pleurisy root
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिफुफ्फुसशोथ जड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجذر الجنب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плеврит корень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raiz pleurisia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুসফুস root
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pleurésie racine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akar pleurisy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rippenfellentzündung Wurzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

胸膜炎の根
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

늑막염 루트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Radhang pleurisy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

gốc viêm màng phổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊடுருவும் வேர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुफ्फुसांचा रूट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Plevral kök
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

radice pleurite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

korzeń zapalenie opłucnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плеврит корінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rădăcină pleurezie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρίζα πλευρίτιδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pleuris wortel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pleurit rot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pleuritt root
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEURISY ROOT»

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Planting the Future: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs
As its name implies, pleurisy root is used to treat various lung and bronchial conditions. It's not as widely used today as in the past, which befits its to-watch status. However, it brings great relief (as I found out) to people who have congestion ...
Rosemary Gladstar, Pamela Hirsch, 2000
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American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety ...
ADVERSE EVENTS AND SIDE EFFECTS While one toxicology text indicates that ingestion of pleurisy root may cause irritation of the mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal tract (Lewis 1998), a pharmacy text written in the late 1800s, when ...
Zoë Gardner, Michael McGuffin, 2013
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The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicine
Even a much larger dose would not make a person sick, but I find that giving Wornwood more often will often cause depression. Asclepias tuberosa Pleurisy Root Asclepias tuberosa Pleurisy Root This is 157 Artemisia absinthium • Wormwood.
Matthew Wood, 1997
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The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to New World ...
However, the taste of pleurisy root indicates that it does not relax and open the pores according to the normal pathways. Because it is mildly bitter and sweet I would guess that it also generates fluids at the same time that it relaxes the surface.
Matthew Wood, 2009
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The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic ...
Literature: Traditional, Nicholas Culpeper (9), Margi Flint (1), Dorothy Hall (7, 8). Asclepias tuberosa (Pleurisy Root, Butterfly Weed) Pleurisy root is a cousin of milkweed. It was used by the earliest colonial root doctors of whom we have record.
Matthew Wood, 2004
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The Old Herb Doctor, His Secrets and Treatments
Pleurisy, Shortness of Breath — Make » tea of a teaspponful of Pleurisy Root w Butterfly Weed and a cupful of water. Drink a teacupful on and off during the day in swallow doses. This remedy also assists digestion. Writes Miss L. G-., Ann ...
Health Research Staff, 1996
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Back to Eden: A Human Interest Story of Health and ...
A specific cure for pleurisy can be made by steeping one tablespoon of yarrow, one tablespoon of pleurisy root, and a pinch of cayenne in a quart of boiling water. Take a large warm swallow every hour. This has been known to cure many  ...
Jethro Kloss, 1989
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Secrets of Native American Herbal Remedies: comph GT Native ...
Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa) is a perennial herb native to North America that grows up to three feet in height. Also called butterfly weed, the root of this plant is an effective expectorant, used to treat colds, bronchial problems, and, ...
Anthony J. Cichoke, 2001
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The Medical Examiner: A Monthly Record of Medical Science
... put the patient on the internal use of an infusion of the asclepias tuberosa, or pleurisy root. This article is an excellent diaphoretic in such cases, and acts very much in the same way with the eupatorium. Small doses of tartarized antimony ...
‎1840
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Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States, Or, Medical ...
Under the names " Butterfly-root, Pleurisy-root," Sheepf also speaks of the use of some plant, in pleurisy and febrile diseases ; and then tells us, on the authority of the late Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, that the name of Pleurisy-root was applied to the ...
‎1817

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEURISY ROOT»

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Over the Garden Fence
Many of us call it orange milkweed, or butterfly milkweed, but I have recently discovered that has been called pleurisy root. And, that name ... «Bucyrus Telegraph Forum, Jul 15»
2
Nature: What's new? Orange milkweed
Native Americans even used this species to treat lung ailments, giving it another common name, “Pleurisy Root.” Enjoy this wildflower, but ... «Nantucket Island Inquirer, Jul 15»
3
All the Dirt on Gardening: Weeds can be useful
Butterfly weed (Asclepias, pleurisy root, or milkweed) is now grown by thousands of gardeners and public gardens in an attempt to help save ... «Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Apr 15»
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Should You Suppress or Expectorate a Cough??
... world, common expectorants include mullein, marshmallow (not the puffy white kind), ginger, wild cherry bark, horehound, and pleurisy root. «9NEWS.com, Mar 15»
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Letters to the Potter-Casey Company
The compound was a blend of ground herbs such as true unicorn root (Aletris farinosa) and pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa), with an alcoholic ... «Aitkin Independent Age, Mar 15»
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Colds, flu and snivels is a year round worry
Potter's Cough Remover is formulated for the symptomatic relief of coughs and contains black cohosh, ipecacuanha, lobelia, pleurisy root, ... «Cheshire Today, Nov 14»
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Glad You Asked: Where did swans go; Handicapped parking places …
It's known by another name, Pleurisy Root, because American Indians would chew its tough root to cure for pleurisy and other pulmonary ... «Journal Times, Aug 14»
8
Learn how to enhance monarch's habitat
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) also known as Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root and yellow milkweed, is generally ... «St. Catharines Standard, Apr 14»
9
Roots and Shoots: Native Plants for Beauty and Balance
Asclepias tuberosa or butterfly weed, also known as pleurisy root because its roots were chewed as relief for lung ailments — this milkweed ... «Philipstown.info, Apr 14»
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Roots and Shoots: Do It for the Butterflies
Online at Johnnyseeds.com, I found seeds for Asclepias tuberosa also known as pleurisy root, another native milkweed for our area that has ... «Philipstown.info, Mar 14»

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