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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Hypoxis aurea

Common Name
Hsien Mao, P'O Lo Men Shen, Ho Lun Lei T'O

Activities

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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
Aphrodisiac China *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Aphrodisiac China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cachexia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dyspepsia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ear China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emaciation India *
Eye India *
Eye China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Impotency China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Lassitude China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Reconstructive Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rejuvenation China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rejuvenation Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Restoration China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic China *
Tonic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Wound China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.