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Ethnobotanical Plant Polygonum hydropiper

Common Name
Pweve D'Ewe; Subiberi; Yanagi-Tade; Pimienta Acuatica; Smartweed; Daun senahun

Activities

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
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Norway Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Arthralgia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
CNS stimulant Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Contraceptive Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Detersive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic US Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Dysentery China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Emmenagogue US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Enterorrhagia US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.