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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Dictamnus albus

Common Name
Dictamo Blanco, Gazelotu, Pai Hsien, Pai Shan, Dittany, Chin Ch'Iao Erh Chiao

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
Abortifacient Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Antiseptic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Carcinoma Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Eczema China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Impetigo China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Nerves China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nerves Elsewhere *
Nervine Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Puerperium China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Scabies China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Sedative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.