Ethnobotanical Plant Mentha spicata | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Mint; Spearmint; Yerba Buena

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
Antidote	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	UK	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchitis	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer	US	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer	Uk(Wales)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Stomach)	Venezuela	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	Nepal	Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Carminative	US	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative	Nepal	Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea	US(Amerindian)	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Fever	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Hysteria	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Medicine	US(Appalachia)	Duke, 1992 *
Nausea	UK	Duke, 1992 *
Nausea	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Nausea	US	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Nervine	US	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Neuralgia	US(Amerindian)	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Parturition	Mexico	Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.