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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Centella asiatica

Common Name
Asya Sutasi; Pennywort,Marsh; Pegaga; Brahmi

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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) Philippines *
Ache(Rib) Fiji *
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Alterative Elsewhere *
Alterative India *
Anodyne Fiji *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Boil Samoa *
Brain India *
Cancer Mauritius Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cataract India *
Cholera India *
Circulation Elsewhere *
Convulsion Tonga *
Dermatosis Malaya *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic India *
Diuretic Sumatra *