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Ethnobotanical Plant Gentiana scabra

Common Name
Rindo; Lung Tan; Ling Yu

Activities

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
Stomachic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Stomachic Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Throat China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonsillitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vaginitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vermifuge China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.