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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

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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
Rabies Elsewhere *
Rabies Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rheumatism China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Rheumatism China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Rheumatism China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rhinitis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rubella China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Scrofula Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Scrofula Elsewhere *
Scrofula Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative China *
Sedative Elsewhere *
Sedative India *
Sedative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative China *
Sedative Elsewhere *
Shingles US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.