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

Ethnobotanical Plant Gleditsia sinensis

Common Name
To-Saikati

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 Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Congestion China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dysentery China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Emetic China *
Epilepsy China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Expectorant China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Expectorant Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Expectorant China *
Laxative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Lockjaw China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Numbness China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Purgative China *
Soap China Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stroke China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tumor China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.