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Ethnobotanical Plant Scaphium scaphigerum

Common Name
P'Ang Ta Hai; An Nan Tzu; Ta T'Ung Kuo; Ta Hai Tzu

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
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bladder China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bowel China Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Demulcent India Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Enterorrhagia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Epistaxis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Eruption China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hemorrhage China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Kidney China Duke, 1992 *
Laxative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Lung China Duke, 1992 *
Phthisis China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Piles Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Smallpox China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomach China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sunstroke China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.