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Helianthus annuus

Common Name
Fleurs Soleil; Girasol; Guna Baqan; Ward Ash Shams; Gundondu; A'Bbad Al Shams; Aycicegi; Tournesol; A'In Ash Shams; Flor De Sol; Gula Barbaroza; Helianthe; Fleur Soleil; Himawari

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Epistaxis India(Santal) *
Expectorant Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Eye India(Santal) *
Fever India(Santal) *
Fever Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Flu Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fracture India(Santal) *
Hair-Oil US(Amerindian) *
Hair-Oil US(Blackfoot) *
Hair-Oil Elsewhere *
Homeopathy Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Inflammation India(Santal) *
Insecticide US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Laryngeal Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laryngitis Elsewhere *
Laryngitis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Lung US(Amerindian) *