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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
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antiphlogistic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Depurative India Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diarrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea India Duke, 1992 *
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 Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.