Ethnobotanical Plant Picrorhiza kurroa | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Name

Shen Shi; Rohinikatuka

Activities

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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
Bactericide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer	China	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Dropsy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	India	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	China	Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Laxative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Malaria	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Medicine	Nepal	Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Medicine	China	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomach	India	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	China	Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Tumor	India	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.