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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Allium cepa

Common Name
Hu Ts'Ung; Oignon; Cebolla; Sogan; Basal; Cabolla; Onion; Z'Oignon; Soghan; Bawang merah; Bawang puteh; Cebola; Cebolla Macho; Onion,Red; Zwibeln; Tama-Negi; Pyaz; Bawang

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Emmenagogue Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Enema Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Expectorant Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Expectorant Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Expectorant Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Ghana *
Flatulence Elsewhere *
Flu Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fracture China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hangover Elsewhere *
Hepatosis Malaya *
Hydropsy Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hyperglycemia Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Inflammation Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Orchitis Malaya *
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.