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Allium sativum

Common Name
Thum; Suan; Hsiao Suan; Sarimsak; Ail; Sir; Ajo; Garlic; Lai; Ail De Cuisine; Samersaq; Lasan; Cropleek; Bawang Poetih; Rosina; Bawang puteh

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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
Ache(Ear) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Ear) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ache(Ear) Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad *
Ache(Stomach) Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Ache(Tooth) Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Ache(Tooth) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Alopecia Elsewhere *
Amebiasis China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Scorpion) Elsewhere Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.