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Ethnobotanical Plant Ipomoea aquatica

Common Name
Yung Ts'Ai

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
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Debility India Duke, 1992 *
Debility India Duke, 1992 *
Delirium Cambodia Duke, 1992 *
Delirium Cambodia Duke, 1992 *
Emetic Burma Duke, 1992 *
Emetic India Duke, 1992 *
Fever Cambodia Duke, 1992 *
Fever Cambodia Duke, 1992 *
Labor China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nerves India Duke, 1992 *
Piles India Duke, 1992 *
Piles India Duke, 1992 *
Purgative India Duke, 1992 *
Purgative India Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant India Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm India Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *