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Ethnobotanical Plant Matricaria chamomilla

Common Name
Papatya; Babunnej; Camomile; Manzanilla; Chamomile; Kami-Ture; Bayboon; Amerale; Manzanilla Dulce

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
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Gastritis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hair-Wash Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hysteria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hysteria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Inflammation Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Inflammation Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Intestinal tonic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Liqueur Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Liqueur Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Malaria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Nerves Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Nervine Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Nervine Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Neuralgia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Neuralgia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Perfume Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.