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Ethnobotanical Plant Sisymbrium sophia

Common Name
Fejjailah; Hierba De Los Cirujanos; Besen Rauke; Flix Weed; Toore; Velar Sagesse; T'Ing Li; Sofia; Sofiekruid

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
Calculus Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Demulcent Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysmenorrhea German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Metrorrhagia Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scurvy Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Sore Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Vermifuge French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.