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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Polygonum aviculare

Common Name
Miti-Yanagi; Hemero Tea; Knowgrass; T'Ieh Sien Ts'Ao; Kus Karabugdayi; Centinodia; Pien Hsu; Knotweed; Nana Shwana; Habbat Al Rae'Y; Asa Al Rae'Y

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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
Diabetes Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diuretic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Eczema China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Eczema China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emollient China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever Elsewhere *
Gargle Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Gonorrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hematuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.