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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Andrographis paniculata

Common Name
Vizra Ufar; Nain Chanvandi; Sadilata; Takila; Bidara; Sambilata; Carmantina; Kariyat

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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
Abscess China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ache(Stomach) India(Santal) *
Alexipharmic Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Alterative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Alterative Arabic Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Anodyne Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anthelminthic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Astringent Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bactericide India *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bite(Snake) Java *
Bugbite Java *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Colic India(Santal) *
Detoxicant China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diabetes Java *
Diarrhea India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.