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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Psoralea corylifolia

Common Name
Cot Chu; Pu Ku Chih; Ku Tzu; Pha Cot Chi; P'O Ku Chih

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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
Ache(Stomach) Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Arthritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Callosity China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cancer(Uterus) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Caries Elsewhere *
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Diuretic Nepal *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ejaculation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ejaculation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Enuresis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Female Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Genital China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Impotency China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Impotency China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Impotency China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Impotency China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.