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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Aralia nudicaulis (Araliaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Spikenard; Yabani Saparna

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Total Uses: 13

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Alterative	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer	US	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic	US(Blackfoot)
Cough	Canada(Kwakiutl)
Depurative	US(Amerindian)
Hemoptysis	Canada(Kwakiutl)
Medicine	US(Appalachia)
Narcotic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Refrigerant	US(Amerindian)
Sudorific	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tea	US(Amerindian)
Tonic	US(Blackfoot)