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The rhizome of the plant is used in traditional medicine as an antispasmodic and antisecretory and nematocidal in dyspepsia and as an appetite stimulant. It contains essential oil with mono and sesquiterpenes, phenylpropanoids such as ß-asarone, starch, saponins, tannins, alkaloids and resin. There is no scientific evidence of its alleged properties. Because of the possible mutagenic and carcinogenic properties of ß-asarone, its commercialization is prohibited in many countries. (Fitoterapia.net, EFSA 2012, MSC 2004)
At the time of the last update, we found no published data on its excretion in breast milk.
Given the scarce bibliographic references of this plant, its potential toxicity and its lack of proven therapeutic indications, its consumption is dispensable, especially during lactation.