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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Macleaya cordata

Common Name
Takeni-Gusa

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Abscess China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Analgesic China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Arthralgia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Caries China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Carminative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Circulation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Edema China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hookworms China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Insecticide Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Insecticide China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Laxative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Osteomyelitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Poison Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Poison China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Skin China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sore China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Syphilis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.