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Ethnobotanical Plant Cibotium barometz

Common Name
Penawar; Penawar jambi; Kou Chi

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
Ache(Back) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Analgesic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Arthritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Foot China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hand China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostat China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostat Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemostat Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Kidney China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Leg China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Liver China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Lumbago China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Lumbago Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Myospasm China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Numbness 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 Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Syncope Malaya Duke, 1992 *