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Ethnobotanical Plant Gardenia jasminoides

Common Name
Kuti-Nasi; Ko-Kuti-Nasi; Zhi Zi

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(Head) India Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antiphlogistic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antiphlogistic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antiseptic India Duke, 1992 *
Canker China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Cathartic India Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic India Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dyspepsia India Duke, 1992 *
Emetic India Duke, 1992 *
Epistaxis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Epistaxis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Febrifuge Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Febrifuge Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Fever China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fever Malaysia Duke, 1992 *
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.