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Ethnobotanical Plant Saponaria vaccaria

Common Name
Chin Chan Yin T'Ai; Chin Kung Hua; Wang Pu Liu Hsing; Cow Cockle

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
Abscess China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Alterative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Amebiasis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cough China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Depurative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Discutient China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Furuncle Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Furuncle China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Galactogogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hepatitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Jaundice Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *