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Ethnobotanical Plant Sambucus racemosa

Common Name
Chieh Ku Mu; Hsu Ku Mu; Kirmizi Murver; Mu So T'Iao

Activities

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
Parturition Canada(Kwakiutl) Duke, 1992 *
Placenta US(Flathead) Hart, J.A. 1979. The ethnobotany of the Flathead Indians of Western Montana. Botanical Museum Leaflet 27(10). Harvard University.
Purgative(Veterinary) China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Rheumatism China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sprain China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Trauma China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Wound China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.