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

 Congestion

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Acorus gramineus ( Shih Ch'Ang Pu )
Aloe vera ( Aloe, Alwat, Djadam arab, Hsiang Tan, Jadam, Lidah buaya, Lu Hui, No Hui, Nu Hui, Zabila )
Anacardium occidentale ( Acajoiba, Acajou, Acajou A Pomme, Acaju, Alcayoiba, Amerikan Elmasi, Anacarde, Anacardier, Anacardo, Cacajuil, Cajou, Caju, Cajueiro, Cajuil, Cashew, Gajus, Jambu, Jambu golok, Jambu mete, Jambu monyet, Jambu terong, Jocote Maranon, Maranon, Merey, Noix D'Acajou, Pomme, Pomme Acajou, Pomme Cajou )
Aquilaria agallocha ( Aguru, Ch'En Hsiang, Ch'Ing Kuei Hsiang, Chan Hsiang, Chen Xiang, Chi Ku Hsiang, Huang Shu Hsiang, Lignum Aloes, Ma T'I Hsiang )
Artemisia judaica
Atractylis ovata ( Shu Chiu, Ts'Ang Shu )
Caesalpinia crista ( Ouary )
Centipeda minima
Chiococca phaenostemon
Citrus aurantium ( Bergamot, Ch'Eng, Chin Ch'Iu, Coolie Orange, Hua Chu Hung, Kuang Chu, Naranja Agria, Naranja De Babor, Naranjo Amargo, Orange, Orange Sure, Oranger, Turunc, Z'Orange Sure )
Citrus reticulata ( Chu Sha Chu, Kan, Mandarine, Tran Bi )
Costus spicatus ( Gengibre Cimarron )
Curcuma domestica ( Haridra, Kurkuma Uzum, Olena, Safran De St Domingue, Safran Des Indes, Safran Du Pays, Safron Du Pays, Turmeric, Ukon, Yu Chin )
Curcuma domestica?
Curcuma longa ( Goeratji, Kakoenji, Koenjet, Kondin, Kunir, Kunir bentis, Kunyit, Oendre, Rame, Renet, Temu kuning, Temu kunyit, Tius, Ukon )
Cynanchum japonicum
Cyperus rotundus ( Boeai, Hama-Suge, Hsiang Fu, Hsiang Fu Tzu, Mota, Muskezamin, Musta, Mustaka, Mutha, Roekoet teki, So Ken Chiu, So Ts'Ao, Souchet, Tage-tage, Teki, Topalak, Woeta )
Datura metel ( Dhatoora, Gawz Mathil, Kachubang, Ke-Tyosen-Asagao, Kechubong, Kechubong hitam, Kechubong puteh, Kidi Ganian, Kuchubong, L., Metel, Tatula )
Datura stramonium ( Buenas Tardes, Chamico, Chamisco, Cocombre Zombie, Cojon De Diablo, Concombre Zombie, Cornicopio, Daturah, Doornappelkruid, Estramoni, Estramonio, Feng Ch'Ieh Erh, Figuiero Do Inferno, Floribunda, Galurt, Gemeiner Stechapfel, Jimson, Jimsonweed, Jimson_Eed, Man T'O Lo, Nafeer, Noce Del Diavolo, Nongue, Opium Tropical, Pomme Epineuse, Pomme Poison, Stinkblaren, Stramoine, Tapate )
Eupatorium fortunei ( Huzi-Bakama )
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.