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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Rubia cordifolia

Common Name
Ti Hsueh; Jan Fei Ts'Ao; Ch'Ien Ts'Ao; Hsueh Chien Ch'Ou; Sou; Ch'Ien; Manjistha

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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
Skin Elsewhere *
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic Elsewhere *
Toothhpaste Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Trauma China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Ulcer Nepal *
Ulcer Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Vulnerary China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Wound China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press