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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Dioscorea bulbifera

Common Name
Niga-Kashu; Huang Yao Zi; Yam

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antidote China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Cancer(Cervix) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Digestive) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cancer(Stomach) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Dysentery India *
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Goiter China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostatic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Hernia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Inflammation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Piles India *
Poison Samoa *
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison Solomon I Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Poison China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sore India *
Syphilis India *