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

 Xanthium strumarium (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Gatico; Lizzaij; Ts'Ang Erh; Kucuk Siracaotu; Chuan Erh; Buah anjang; Hsi Erh; Cadillo; Erh Tang; Cang Er Zi; Ona-Momi; Yang Fu Lai

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abrasion US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Abscess Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Adenopathy US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Alterative Elsewhere *
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Arthritis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Asthma Hawaii *
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Astringent Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bladder US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Bladder 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.
Bladder Elsewhere *
Bladder India *
Boil Elsewhere *
Boil Hawaii *
Cancer Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer 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.