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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Curculigo orchioides

Common Name
Poison Bulb

Activities

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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
Aperient Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Carminative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Dermatosis Philippines Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Enuresis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Impotency China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Itch Elsewhere *
Jaundice Elsewhere *
Kidney China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Piles Elsewhere *
Restorative Elsewhere *
Skin Elsewhere *
Tonic Elsewhere *
Whitlow India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.