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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Amomum xanthioides

Common Name
So Sha Mi, Tavoy cardamom

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
Cancer(Stomach) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Uterus) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Nausea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sore(Throat) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomachic China *
Stomachic Malaya *
Stomatitis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.