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

Ethnobotanical Plant Vicia faba

Common Name
Ts'An Tou, Bakla, Haba, Broadbean, Fababean, Hu Tou

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
Antidote(Alcohol) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Chest US(NM) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Cyanogenetic US *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Estrogenic Elsewhere *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pneumonia US(NM) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Sclerosis Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sclerosis(Heel) Argentina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Stomachic Elsewhere *
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Viscera China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Wart Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Canada Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.