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Ethnobotanical Plant Polygonum orientale

Common Name

Hung Ts'Ao, Oke-Tade, Shui Hung Hua Zi

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Anodyne	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Breath	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Deobstruent	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Eye	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Febrifuge	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Fever	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hepatitis	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hepatoma	China	Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Piscicide	Elsewhere	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Sore	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Swelling	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Thirst	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tubercle	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor	Indochina	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tympanitis	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.