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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

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
Nerves China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Paralysis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Paralysis India(Santal) *
Placenta China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Poison China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Poison China *
Pole India *
Polyuria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Porridge Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Psychedelic US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Psychotropic US *
Puerperium China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sedative Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Sedative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sedative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative Elsewhere *
Senility China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.