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

 Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae)

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Common name(s)
America-Arita-So; Mel Ganzevoet; Hui T'Iao; Fisa Al Kilab; White Goosefoot; Vastuk; Hui Hsien; Kulf; Akaza; Gemeiner Gansefuss; Chenopode Blanc; Farinacco; Cenizo

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) US(Amerindian) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Anthelminthic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Aperient Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bite(Bug) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cyanogenetic US *
Depurative Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diuretic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emollient Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Freckle China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Insecticide China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Laxative Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Laxative US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Laxative China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative 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.
Liver China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Potherb Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Scrofula Arabic Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomach Hawaii *
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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.