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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Heteropogon contortus

Common Name
Ti Chen; Chien Ken

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) *
Atrophy India(Santal) *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Cachexia India(Santal) *
Demulcent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Fever India(Santal) *
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hematuria India(Santal) *
Myalgia India(Santal) *
Rabies India(Santal) *
Rheumatism Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.