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

Ethnobotanical Plant Petasites japonicus

Common Name
Huki

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Antitussive Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Dyspnea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Expectorant China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Expectorant Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Spice Japan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tuberculosis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.