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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Indigofera tinctoria

Common Name
Ch'Ing Tai; Lan Mien; Mu Lan; Civitagaci; Tien Hua; Ch'Ing Ko Fen; Indigo; Nilini; Lan Ts'Ao; Ta Ch'Ing

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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
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Flux China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hepatomegaly Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Inflammation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Itch Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Larvicide India *
Laryngitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Lymphoadenitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Mumps China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Nerves China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nerves Elsewhere *
Nervine Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pediculicide Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Piles Elsewhere *
Preventitive(Alopecia) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rabies Elsewhere *
Rash China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.