Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberose
Pleurisy is a plant. The root is used as medicine.
Pleurisy root is used for coughs, swelling of the lining of the lungs (pleurisy), swelling of the air sacs in the lungs (pneumonitis), swelling of the airways (bronchitis), influenza, and swine flu. It is also used to treat disorders of the uterus, muscl...