Ethnobotanical Plant Strychnos nux-vomica | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Kargabuken; Strychnine; Ma Ch'Ien; Huo Shih K'O Pa Tu; K'U Shih Pa Tou; Fan Mu Pieh; Yettie Kolindoo

Activities

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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
Abdomen	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Abortifacient	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ague	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Amblyopia	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Avicide	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer	China	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Canicide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Canicide	Malaysia	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Canicide	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Canicide	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Chorea	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
CNS stimulant	Malaysia	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Colic	India	Duke, 1992 *
Cynanche	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emetic	Cambodia	Duke, 1992 *
Epilepsy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Fatality	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Fatality	Asia	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977