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Ethnobotanical Plant Xanthium strumarium

Common Name
Gatico; Lizzaij; Ts'Ang Erh; Kucuk Siracaotu; Chuan Erh; Buah anjang; Hsi Erh; Cadillo; Erh Tang; Cang Er Zi; Ona-Momi; Yang Fu Lai

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
Abrasion US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Abscess Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Adenopathy US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Alterative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Arthritis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Asthma Hawaii Duke, 1992 *
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Astringent Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bladder US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Bladder Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Bladder India Duke, 1992 *
Bladder Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Hawaii Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cancer Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.