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

 Matricaria chamomilla (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Papatya; Babunnej; Camomile; Manzanilla; Chamomile; Kami-Ture; Bayboon; Amerale; Manzanilla Dulce

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere *
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere *
Antiphlogistic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bruise Elsewhere *
Bruise Elsewhere *
Cancer France Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Liver) Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Carminative Elsewhere *
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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.