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

Ethnobotanical Plant Saponaria vaccaria

Common Name
Chin Chan Yin T'Ai, Chin Kung Hua, Wang Pu Liu Hsing, Cow Cockle

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
Abscess China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Alterative Elsewhere *
Amebiasis Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Cough China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Depurative Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Discutient China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Fever Elsewhere *
Furuncle China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Furuncle Elsewhere *
Galactogogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Jaundice Elsewhere *