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

Ethnobotanical Plant Piper betle

Common Name
Sireh, Sirih, Suruh, Sibiroah, Bodeh, Kinma

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
Abscess Java *
Ache(Tooth) Java *
Antiseptic Java *
Asthma Johore *
Carminative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Cough Johore *
Earache Java *
Epistaxis Java *
Expectorant Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Gingivitis Java *
Gonorrhea Malaya *
Halitosis Malaya *
Hoarseness Java *
Itch Java *
Lactafuge Java *
Leucorrhea Java *
Masticatory Solomon I *
Masticatory India *
Mucositis Java *
Otosis Java *