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

Ethnobotanical Plant Rubia tinctorum

Common Name
Boyacikoku, Seiyo-Akane, Madder, Rubia

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
Apertif Europe Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Arthritis Elsewhere *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Europe Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Bedsore Elsewhere *
Bladder Elsewhere *
Calculus USSR *
Catarrh Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Diuretic Europe Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Eccoprotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gall Elsewhere *
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Homeopathy Elsewhere *
Kidney USSR *
Lithontriptic Elsewhere *
Menses Elsewhere *