Asclepias Tuberosa – Pleurisy Root

Description

You will have good results by sowing the seeds in the greenhouse in early spring, though stored seed might need 2 – 3 weeks cold stratification (in your refrigerator or freezer for two or three weeks or more). The root was very popular as a medicinal herb for the treatment of a range of lung diseases – thus the name Pleurisy Root. It was considered especially useful as a respiratory cure or relief from pains when breathing, caused by pneumonia or other lung diseases. The Natchez people used a tea from the boiled root to treat pneumonia.