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Ethnobotanical Plant Caulophyllum thalictroides

Common Name
Aslankulagi; Blue Cohosh

Activities

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
Antispasmodic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cancer not available Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Medicine US(Appalachia) Duke, 1992 *
Parturition US(Appalachia) Duke, 1992 *
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Spasm Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.