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Ethnobotanical Plant Lophatherum gracile

Common Name
Tan Chu, Rumput kelurut (Chancre grass), Sasa-Kusa

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)
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Anxiety China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Apprehension China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Carminative China Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative China Duke, 1992 *
Chancre Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diuretic China Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Dysuria China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever China Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever China Duke, 1992 *
Fever China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Flu China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Heatstroke China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hematuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Insomnia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Measles China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Oliguria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Sore(Throat) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.