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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cyperus rotundus

Common Name
Hsiang Fu; Topalak; Hama-Suge; Mustaka; So Ken Chiu; Teki; Woeta; Hsiang Fu Tzu; Boeai; Muskezamin; Tage-tage; Musta; Roekoet teki; Mota; Souchet; So Ts'Ao; Mutha

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Dyspepsia China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dyspepsia Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Dyspepsia 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.
Edema Java *
Emmenagogue Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Emmenagogue Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Emollient Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Energy China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Felon Java *
Fever Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Fever 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.
Fever Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fungistatic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Gastralgia China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Gravel Java *
Hair-Tonic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemicrania China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hypertension Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.