Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asarum sieboldii Miq. [Aristolochiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Asarum sieboldii var. dimidiatum (F.Maek.) T.Sugaw.

Asarum sieboldii f. koreanum (J.G.Kim & C.S.Yook) Y.N.Lee

Asarum sieboldii f. maculatum (Nakai) Yamaji

Asarum sieboldii var. sieboldii

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asari herba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asari radix	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asari radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
asarum	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
asiasari radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
asiasarum root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
chinese wild ginger	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
han cheng xi xin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herba asari	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hua xi xin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jokdulibul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
manchurian wild ginger	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
manchurian wildginger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
manchurian wildginger root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
radix et rhizoma asari	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
si sin	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
siebold's wild ginger	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
siebolds's wild ginger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
thin acrid	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
usuba-saishin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild ginger	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
xi xin	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xixin	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
サイシン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
华细辛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
細辛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
细辛	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
華細辛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
辛夷	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
plant	dried plant	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant, Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix & Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asiasarum sieboldii (Miq.) F.Maek. in T.Nakai, Fl. Sylv. Kor. 21: 22 (1936).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asarum sieboldi Miq.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Asarum sieboldi Miquel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Asarum sieboldii	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Asarum sieboldii Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Asiasarum sieboldii F. Maekawa	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Asiasarum sieboldii F.Maekawa	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)

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