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

 Sonchus oleraceus (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Sow Thistle; T'U; Gansedistel; Thistle,Milky; Esek Marulu; Lechuguillo; Chicoree Marron; Cerraja; Lechuguilla; Jo'Dhaidh; Sowthistle; Thistle,Tufty; K'U Ts'Ai; Achicoria

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Abscess China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antiopiate Chinese *
Ascites Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Boil China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Breast) Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Stomach) Australia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carbuncle China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cathartic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cathartic Elsewhere *
Colic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Emollient Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fever Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
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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.