Editing Asarum (section)

== Uses ==
The FDA warns against consuming ''Asarum'', as it is [[nephrotoxic]] and contains the potent [[carcinogen]] [[aristolochic acid]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Schaneberg BT, Applequist WL, Khan IA |title=Determination of aristolochic acid I and II in North American species of ''Asarum'' and ''Aristolochia'' |journal=Pharmazie |volume=57 |issue=10 |pages=686–9 |date=October 2002 |pmid=12426949  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aristolochic Acid: FDA Warns Consumers to Discontinue Use of Botanical Products that Contain Aristolochic Acid |date=April 11, 2001 |website= |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |url=https://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/Alerts/ucm096388.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710094540/http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/Alerts/ucm096388.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>
<ref>[http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/2001/2001_91_e.html Health Canada advising not to use products labelled to contain Aristolochia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216065115/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/2001/2001_91_e.html |date=February 16, 2006 }}.</ref>
Before this was known, sources said that wild ginger can be cooked in the same fashion as ginger root, and can also be candied or used to make medicine.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Angier|first=Bradford|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoedib00angi/page/238/mode/2up|title=Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants|publisher=Stackpole Books|year=1974|isbn=0-8117-0616-8|location=Harrisburg, PA|pages=238|oclc=799792|author-link=Bradford Angier}}</ref>