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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 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 *
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bladder India Duke, 1992 *
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 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.
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Hawaii Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.