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

 Phytolacca esculenta (Phytolaccaceae)

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Common name(s)
Yama-Gobo; Yosyu-Yama-Gobo

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Constipation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diuretic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diuretic Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diuretic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diuretic Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Dysuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Edema China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Edema China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Kidney Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Numbness China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Pleurisy Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Pneumonia Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Roundworms China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Swelling China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Throat China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tumor Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
*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.