Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Tussilago farfara

Common Name
Huki-Tanpopo, K'Uan Tung, Coltsfoot, Oksurukotu, To Wu, Farfara, Tusilago

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Antihistamine Elsewhere *
Antitussive Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antitussive Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antitussive China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Apoplexy China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Asthma Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elseewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bronchitis Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bronchitis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Catarrh Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cold Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cold Elsewhere *
Cough China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cough Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough Elsewhere *
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Demulcent Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Demulcent China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Demulcent Elsewhere *