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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Inflammation US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Intoxicant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Intoxicant US *
Laxative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Laxative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Laxative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Longevity China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Magic China *
Masturbation US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Medicine Elsewhere *
Medicine Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Narcotic US *
Narcotic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Narcotic Java *
Narcotic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Narcotic India *
Narcotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nausea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nerves US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.