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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Scoparia dulcis

Common Name
Balai Doux; Cancharagua; Teh makao (Macao tea); Cha padang (Opening tea); Pokok delis; Bunyiga; Pokok kelambu (Gray plant); Ginje jepun; Mastuerzo; Ginje menir

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Dysmenorrhea Trinidad *
Dysmenorrhea Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Eczema Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Emetic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Emetic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Evil eye Trinidad *
Evil eye Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Expectorant Malaya *
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Sierra Leone Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Gonorrhea Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Gonorrhea Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Gonorrhea Sierra Leone Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Gravel Liberia Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Gravel Elsewhere *
Grip Jamaica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Hyperglycemia Elsewhere *
Inflammation Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Insecticide Paraguay Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press