Disclosed herein is the use of an extract from an Aster species for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation. The extract is extracted from fresh and/or dried roots and rhizomes of a Tatarian aster (Aster tartaricus) plant, in which the extraction uses water or 10-95% (v/v) ethanol as an extractant to obtain an extraction mixture. In some embodiments, the extraction mixture is then eluted with water followed by at least one eluent.在此揭示紫菀屬植物萃取物的用途,其係用於製備鴉片類藥物所引發便秘的治療性藥物。所述的萃取物係萃取自新鮮和/或乾燥的紫菀植株根部與根莖部,譬如可使用水或體積濃度10-95%的乙醇水溶液作為萃取劑,以得到萃取混合物。在某些實施方式中,以水和至少一洗提液來洗提該萃取混合物。