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

Ethnobotanical Plant Carex macrocephala

Common Name
Tz'U Jan Ku, Yu Yu Liang, Shih Ts'Ao

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
Anorexia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Debility China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Malnutrition China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Preventitive(Nausea) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.