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Sesamum indicum

Common Name
Bijan; Ajonjoli; Hoholi; Sesame; Jijiri; Hu Ma; Kundij; Haholi; Susam; Ch'Ing Jang; Simsim; Jungeoline; Hei Yu Ma; Goma; Pai Yu Ma; Lenga; Tila; Wijen; Jojoli; Ma K'U Ping; Ooli; Kunji

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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
Leprosy India(Santal) *
Liniment Elsewhere *
Liver China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Malaria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Medicine Honduras Standley, P.C. 1931. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Pub. 283, Botanical Series, vol. X. Field Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Neuritis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Neuroparalysis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Numbness China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ointment-Base Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Ophthalmia 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.
Ophthalmia Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ophthalmia Elsewhere *
Otorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Paralysis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Pediculicide Africa Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Pediculicide Elsewhere *
Piles Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Piles China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Poultice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Preventitive(Cold) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.