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

Ethnobotanical Plant Lablab purpureus

Common Name
Yen Li Tou, Pien Tou, E Mei Tou, Hyacinth Bean

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Fish poison) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Plant poisons) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antivinous China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Blindness India(Santal) *
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cholera China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diarrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Leucorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Megalospleny India(Santal) *
Menorrhagia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Poison Asia Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poultice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Preventitive(Gray-Hair) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sunstroke China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Swelling India(Santal) *
Thirst China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Throat India(Santal) *