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

Ethnobotanical Plant Cannabis sativa

Common Name
Ta Ma, Ma Jen Chiu, Bangue, Canamo, Hemp, Hint Keneviri, Han Ma, Huang Ma, Ma Fen, Mariguana, Canamo Indio, Ganja, Huo Ma, Tchene, Bhang, Kenevir, Hemp,Indian, Qunnab

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Alopecia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Alterative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Analgesic China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Analgesic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Anesthetic China *
Anesthetic China *
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Anodyne China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anorexia Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Antidote(Aconite) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Scorpion) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Sulfur) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Tarantula) Mexico Economic Botany, a publication of the Society for Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden.
Antidote(Vermillion) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Apertif Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Bladder US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Cancer East Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.