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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Celosia argentea

Common Name
Ch'Ing Hsiang; Bayam merah (Red spinach); L.; Yeh Chi Kuan; Ts'Ing Hsiang Tsu; K'Un Lun Ts'Ao; Ts'Ao Chueh Ming; No-Geito

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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
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antiphlogistic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Beri-Beri Thailand Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Cancer Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Conjunctivitis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cough Elsewhere *
Depurative Elsewhere *
Depurative India *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea India *
Diarrhea Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Dysentery China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery Elsewhere *