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

Common Name
Ping Lang; Ta Fu Tzu; Bluk; Pinang; Chohang; Wohan; Fufal Agaci; Batang majang; Jambe; Poea; Kramuka; Bing Lang

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
Diarrhea Malaya *
Diuretic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dropsy China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dyspepsia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dyspepsia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Edema China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Edema China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Energy China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever Malaya *
Gastrosis Malaya *
Gonorrhea Malaya *
Hematuria Borneo *
Herpes Malaya *
Hysteria Malaya *
Intoxicant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Intoxicant Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Malaria Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.