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Ethnobotanical Plant Cycas revoluta

Common Name
Sotetu; Wan Sui Tsao; Tie Shu Ye; Ch'Ien Nien Tsao; Wu Lou Tzu; Penawar djambe

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
Emmenagogue Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Expectorant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fattening China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hemostat Java Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoma China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic 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.
Tumor(Lung) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.