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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Viscum album

Common Name
Okse Otu; European Mistletoe; Anse Di Pot; Bhangra; Mistletoe; Viscum; Muerdago

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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
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Arteriosclerosis Europe *
Arthrosis Europe *
Asthma Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cardiac Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Chorea Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emetic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Epilepsy Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Epilepsy Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Galactogogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hemorrhage Elsewhere *
Hypertension China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hypertension Europe *