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Ethnobotanical Use Counterirritant

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Plant
Anemone patens
Artemisia vulgaris ( Ai, Ai Fu, Arbre Aux Cent Gouts, Armoise, Artemisa, Baru china, Ch'I Ai, Chih Ts'Ao, Chiu Ts'Ao, Fleurs St Jean, Genje jawa, Hiyam, I Ts'Ao, Miskotu, Mugwort, Suket ganjahan, Sundamala, Tzu Ai )
Brassica nigra ( Ch'Ing Chieh, Khardal Aswad, Kuro-Garasi, Mostaza Negra, Mustard, Nware Mostaude, Qara Khardal, Siyah Hardal )
Capsicum sp. ( Chabai burong, Lombok )
Coffea arabica ( Cafe, Cafe D'Haiti, Cafe De Moka, Cafeier, Cafeto, Coffee, Kahve, Kia Fey )
Daphne oleoides ( Mazarjun )
Derris trifoliata ( Ketui, Salang, Setui )
Gnaphalium luteo-album ( Pate Di Tchet, Qettainah )
Laportea photinophylla
Myrospermum frutescens
Oplopanax horridum
Petiveria alliacea ( Anamu, Apazote De Zorro, Ave, Aveterinaryte, Chasser Vermine, Feuilles Ave, Guineahen Weed, Gully Root, Herbe Aux Poules, Hierba De Las Gallinitas, Huevo De Gato, Mal Pouri, Payche, Petivere A Odeur Ail, Verocine Puante, Verveine Puante, Zorrillo )
Picea abies ( Fichte )
Plumbago zeylanica ( Bama, Chempaka, Cheraka, Chita, Chitraka, Daun Entjok, Godong enchok, Inobiri, Jarak, Leadwort,White-Flowered, Ohyeegya, Poksor, Seiron-Maturi )
Polanisia viscosa
Ranunculus acris ( Altindugme, Mao Chin, Mao Ken, Statice, Wenwort )
Urtica dioica ( Bigstring Nettle, Gerrais, Isirgan, Kazink, Nabat Al Nar, Nettle,Common, Ortiga Mayor, Stinging Nettle )
Urtica parviflora
Uvaria chamae
*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.