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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
Tea Elsewhere *
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Elsewhere *
Tonsillitis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tumor USSR Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vaginitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Venereal China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Vermifuge China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vermifuge China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Vermifuge China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Vulnerary Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.