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

Ethnobotanical Plant Cuscuta chinensis

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
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Cancer India(Santal) *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Emission China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Enuresis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fracture India(Santal) *
Hypogonadism China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Impotency China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Lumbago China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Neurasthenia China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Notalgia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Polyuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Pregnancy India(Santal) *
Prostatitis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Rinderpest India(Santal) *
Spermatorrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Vertigo China Lost Crops of the Incas.