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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Foeniculum vulgare

Common Name
Shih Lo; Tzu Mu Lo; Anis Vert; Hui Hsiang Chiu; Karasu-Uikyo; Fennel; Rezene; Shamar; L'Anis; Adas landi; Hinojo; Anis; Uikyo; Adas pedas; La Nuit; Shbint; Raziyane; Adas londa; Comino; Ama-Uikyo; Kaneer Razbana; Finocchio Forte; Tzu Mo; Hsiao Hui Hsiang

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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
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Uterus) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cardiotonic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Carminative Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Carminative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Chest Elsewhere *
Cholera China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Colic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Colic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Colic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Colic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dermatosis Malaya *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *