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Ethnobotanical Plant Gynandropsis pentaphylla

Common Name
Pai Hua Ts'Ai; Yang Chio Ts'Ai; Pyasya

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
Anthelminthic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiscorbutic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Malaria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Piles China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomach China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.