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Panicum miliaceum

Common Name
Chi; Millet; Men; Akdari; Ch'I; Busa; Tzu; Shu; P'Ei; Chu

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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
Abscess China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Cinnabar) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Momordica) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Boil China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer(Breast) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cough China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Demulcent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Flux China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hematuria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Intoxicant USSR Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Intoxicant Ethiopia *
Labor China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pyrosis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.