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

Ethnobotanical Plant Bletilla striata

Common Name
Pai Chi, Siran, Si-Ran

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
Abscess China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ache(Stomach) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ague China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Apertif China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Chafe China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Chest China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cough China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Demulcent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dyspepsia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Enterorrhagia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Gastrorrhagia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hematemesis Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Hemoptysis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemoptysis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hemorrhage China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hemostat China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostatic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Inflammation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Inflammation China Lost Crops of the Incas.