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

 Vitex trifolia (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Indian Wild Pepper; Man Ching; Ching T'Iao; Lenggundi; Legundi; Panj Angushte Abi; King Tsse; Ching Tzu; Nichinda; Hamago; Lenggudi; Sindhula; Surasa; Gatillier Trifolie

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Back) Hawaii *
Ache(Head) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ache(Head) Samoa *
Ache(Head) India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Alterative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Analgesic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Anhydrotic Samoa *
Anodyne India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne Samoa *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Brain Samoa *
Breathlessness Samoa *
Cancer Elsewhere *
Cancer(Breast) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer(Breast) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Catarrh China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Chest Samoa *
Cough Samoa *
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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.