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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

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Piles 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.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poultice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Preventitive Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Preventitive(Bite(Snake)) Panama(Cuna) *
Repellant Elsewhere *
Repellant(Bat) Elsewhere *
Repellant(Snake) Elsewhere *
Repellant(Snake) Ghana *
Rheumatism 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.
Scarlatina Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Scurvy Elsewhere *
Scurvy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative 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.
Soporific Elsewhere *
Soporific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sore(Throat) Hawaii *
Stimulant Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Sting(Scorpion) Malaya *
Stomachic 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.