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Ethnobotanical Plant Cinnamomum cassia

Common Name
Cassia; Cin Tarcini; Kayu manis china; Cinnamon; Malabathron

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
Dyspepsia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Febrifuge Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Fever China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fungicide China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hypertension Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Lumbago China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Nausea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Sore(Throat) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomachic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Stomachic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Tonic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor Indonesia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Java Duke, 1992 *
Uterosis Java Duke, 1992 *
Viricide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.