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Ethnobotanical Plant Illicium verum

Common Name
Yildizanasonu; Pa Chio Hui Hsiang; Bunga lawan; Pa Chio Yu; Po Hui Hsiang

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
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bedbug Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bladder China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Carminative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Colic Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Colic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Constipation India Duke, 1992 *
Constipation Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *