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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Typha latifolia

Common Name
Gama; Cattail

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Hemoptysis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemorrhage China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hemostat China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostat China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hemostatic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Leucorrhea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Metrorrhagia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Metroxenia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Piles China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Refrigerant China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Scald US(Blackfoot) *
Sterilizant Paraguay *
Styptic Elsewhere *
Suppurative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Swelling China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tattoo Canada(Salish) *
Tumor US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Ulcer Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Urethritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.