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Ethnobotanical Plant Paederia foetida

Common Name
Nu Ch'Ing, Kasembukan, Akar sekentut, Daun kentut, Kesimbukan, Ch'Iao Piao

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)
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Ache(Stomach) Singapore Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) India Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Ague China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Alcoholism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Calculus Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Chest Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Death China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Enteromegaly Java Duke, 1992 *
Enterosis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Epidemic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Evil eye China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Flatulence Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Flatulence Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Gastromegaly Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Herpes Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *