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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Nelumbo nucifera

Common Name
Lien Tzu; Lien Tzu Hsin; Hsia; Hung Pai Lien Hua; Fo Tso Hsu; Ou; Shih Lien Tzu; Ho Lien Hua; Lien; Chieh Fen; Lien I; Lien Hua; Lien Shih; Lien Ou; Han T'Ao; Ho; Ou Fen; Lotus,Blue; Kaya; Mi; Hasu; I; Lotus Bean; Ch'Ieh; Ho Yeh; Fu Ch'U; Ti

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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
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Ejaculation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Enteritis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Epistaxis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Flux China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Gonorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hairblack China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Heart China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Heart China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hematemesis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hematochezia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.