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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cytisus scoparius

Common Name
Scotch Broom; Enisida; Chin Ch'Iao; Supurge Kecitirfili; Broome

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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
Abortifacient US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Arrhythmia Elsewhere *
Bruise China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Cold China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cough China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dropsy Elsewhere *
Emetic Elsewhere *
Palpitation Elsewhere *
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Smallpox China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tachycardia Elsewhere *