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

 Cibotium barometz (Dicksoniaceae)

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Common name(s)
Penawar; Penawar jambi; Kou Chi

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Back) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Analgesic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Arthritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Foot China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hand China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostat Elsewhere *
Hemostat Malaya *
Hemostat China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Hemostat China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemostatic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Kidney China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Leg China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Liver China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Lumbago China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Lumbago Elsewhere *
Myospasm China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Numbness China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Rheumatism China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Rheumatism China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Syncope Malaya *
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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.