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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Salvia hispanica

Common Name
Chia

Activities

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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
Bilious Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Constipation Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Liver Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.