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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Pueraria lobata

Common Name
Ko Fen, Ko Pu, Kuzu, Kung Pu, Geh Gen

Activities

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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(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Alcoholism China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote China *
Antidote(Alcohol) China *
Antidote(Croton) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antispasmodic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Aphthae China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bite(Bug) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bite(Dog) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bite(Snake) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bite(Snake) China *
Boil China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cold China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cold China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cold China *
Cold China *
Deafness China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diaphoretic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Dysentery China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.