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

 Typha latifolia (Typhaceae)

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Common name(s)
Gama; Cattail

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Amenorrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anodyne China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anticoagulant China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Burn US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Burn US(Blackfoot) *
Coagulant China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cystitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diarrhea US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Diarrhea Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Diuretic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diuretic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Epistaxis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Gonorrhea Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Gonorrhea US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Hematafeces China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hematemesis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hematemesis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hematuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hematuria China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
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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.