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

 Achyranthes bidentata (Amaranthaceae)

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Common name(s)
Niu Hsi; Too-Inokozuti; Soei in soei in taloen; Niu Hsi Chiu

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ache(Tooth) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ague China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Amenorrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anodyne China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anodyne Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Antiperspirant China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Anxiety China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Aphthae Java *
Coagulant China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diuretic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diuretic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Emmenagogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Epistaxis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hemolytic China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Hypertension China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Impotency China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Labor China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
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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.