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Ethnobotanical Plant Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Sambhalu; Katri; Nirgundi; Ch'U; Pajan Kusut; Lenggundi; Indrani; Gattilier Incise; Ban Muichi; Chaste Tree; Nirgandi; Man Ching; Nisinda; Huang Ching; Taiwan-Ninzin-Boku(Kusa-Ninzin

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abrasion Fiji Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Alterative India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Analgesic Elsewhere *
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Angina China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anodyne English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Boil Elsewhere *
Cold China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Cold India *
Cough China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diarrhea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Discutient Elsewhere *
*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.