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

Ethnobotanical Plant Monarda didyma

Common Name
Monarde Tee, Scarlet Monarda, Bee Balm, Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Monarde Ecarlate, The D'Oswego, Scharlakenrode Monarde, Pennsylvanische Thee

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Apertif German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hair-Oil US(Amerindian) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hemostat US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Medicine US(Appalachia) *
Stimulant French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tea US(Appalachia) *
Tonic Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.