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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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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Puerperium China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Refrigerant China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ringworm Elsewhere *
Sclerosis(Limb) Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sedative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Semen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Skin Elsewhere *
Smallpox Elsewhere *
Spasm China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Spasm Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Spermatorrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Spermatorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Spleen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Stomachic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sunstroke China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tonic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.