Family

Aristolochiaceae

Genus

Asarum

Common Name

Xi Xin

Plant Figure

Description

Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kitag. is a medicinal plant that dispels chills associated with exposure of the body to cold produced in vivo, and it has analgesic and antitussive effects. A. heterotropoides grows undergrowth or on mountainous wetland. The main producing areas are Jilin, Liaoning, and Heilongjiang in China. It is an important medicine for treating wind chill, headache, and cough.