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

 Curcuma domestica (Zingiberaceae)

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Common name(s)
Yu Chin; Turmeric; Olena; Kurkuma Uzum; Safran Des Indes; Safran Du Pays; Safran De St Domingue; Safron Du Pays; Ukon; Haridra

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Samoa *
Ache(Tooth) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Alterative India *
Anodyne China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Anthrax India(Santal) *
Antidote(Arsenic) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Worms) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antiseptic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antiseptic Tonga *
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Anus India(Santal) *
Apertif Elsewhere *
Arthritis Elsewhere *
Asthma Samoa *
Atrophy India(Santal) *
Bite(Insect) Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Blindness India(Santal) *
Bronchitis Samoa *
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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.