Milkweed (Oshakan)
Asclepias syriaca
About Milkweed (Oshakan)
Milkweed (Oshakan) (Asclepias syriaca) is a herb used in the Kazakh & Central Asian Medicine tradition to help with Respiratory Issues, Wound Healing, Warts, and Skin Health, among 1 other condition it addresses. The seeds are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds. This species is native to southern Canada and of much of the conterminous eastern U.S., east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies. It grows in sandy soils and other kinds of soils in sunny areas. It was one of the earliest North American...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist