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Ethnobotanical Plant Vitex negundo

Common Name
Sambhalu; Katri; Nirgundi; Ch'U; Pajan Kusut; Lenggundi; Indrani; Gattilier Incise; Ban Muichi; Chaste Tree; Nirgandi; Man Ching; Nisinda; Huang Ching; Taiwan-Ninzin-Boku(Kusa-Ninzin

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
Discutient China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dropsy India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dyspepsia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Enteritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Expectorant China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Eye Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Eye India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Fever Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever Samoa Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Gastritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hair-Oil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hepatitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Inflammation India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *