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Ethnobotanical Plant Lycoris radiata

Common Name
Higan-Bana; Shih Suan; Lao Ya Suan; I Chih Chien

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
Abscess China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Amebiasis Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Amebiasis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antitussive China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Burn Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery China Duke, 1992 *
Edema Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Emetic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Emetic Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Emetic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant China Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fever China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Nausea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Nerves China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.