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Ethnobotanical Plant 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

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
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sore Bayam tuju Duke, 1992 *
Sore India Duke, 1992 *
Stomatitis India Duke, 1992 *
Stomatitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Vision Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Wound China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.