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Ethnobotanical Plant Solanum dulcamara

Common Name
E'Nab Al Tha'Lab; K'U Ch'Ieh; Yaban Yasemini; Bittersweet; Hab Al A'Lam; Hundaebaer; Shu Yang Ch'Uan; Helwa Morrah; Dulcamara; Maurella; Zurukamara; Tre Marana; Bai Ying

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
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Malaria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Narcotic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Narcotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Resolvent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Sedative Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Skin Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Skin Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Swelling China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *