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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lepidium sativum

Common Name
Adi Suterisi; Mastuerzo; Cresson Alenois; Cress; Taratiza; Crusson D'Jardin; Teretura; Rshad

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
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dysentery Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Dysuria India(Santal) *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Gravel India(Santal) *
Heart China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Lactagogue Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Liver Elsewhere *
Myalgia India(Santal) *
Phthisis India(Santal) *
Piles Elsewhere *
Pleuritis India(Santal) *
Pneumonia India(Santal) *
Polyp(Nose) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Polyp(Nose) Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.