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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Prunella vulgaris

Common Name
Hsia Ku Ts'Ao; Adi Erikotu; Selfheal; Consolida Minor; Sicklewort; Consuelda Menor; Healall; Xia Ku Cao

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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
Dysuria China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Enterorrhagia Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Gargle US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Goiter China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Gout China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hemorrhage US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Hepatitis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hypertension China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hypertension China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Inflammation US(Amerindian) *
Leucorrhea US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Medicine US(Appalachia) *
Ophthalmia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Panacea Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Piles Elsewhere *
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.