Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asarum sieboldii Miq. [Aristolochiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
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	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
asiasarum root	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
birthwort	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
hsi hsin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
japanese wild ginger	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
japon azarumu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
radix et rhizoma asari	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
sai san	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sai sun	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
saishin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
usuba-saisin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
サイシン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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	Pharmacop. 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, rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Asarum sieboldi Miq.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Asarum sieboldi Miquel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Asarum sieboldii	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Asiasarum sieboldii F. Maekawa	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Asiasarum sieboldii F.Maekawa	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)

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