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

 Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae)

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Common name(s)
Cardo Santo; Cardosanto; Chardon; Bherband; Chardon A Fleurs Jaunes; Lao Shu Le; Chardon Beni; Chadron Beni; Chandron A Fleurs Jaunes; Chardon Fleurs Jaunes; Argemone Du Mexique; Poppy,Mexican; Poppy,Prickly; Thistle,Gamboge; Chokh; Thistle,Yellow; Deruju; Chicallotl; Prickly Poppy; Argemone; Ne; Poppy,Thistle

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Central America Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Mexico(Seri) *
Antidote(Scorpion) India *
Antifertility Paraguay *
Aperient West Indies *
Bladder Central America Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cancer Peru Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Elsewhere *
Cancer(Nose) St Vincent Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Catarrh Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cathartic Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Chancre Martinique Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cold Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Colic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Demulcent India *
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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.