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

 Psoralea corylifolia (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cot Chu; Pu Ku Chih; Ku Tzu; Pha Cot Chi; P'O Ku Chih

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Arthritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Callosity China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cancer(Uterus) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Caries Elsewhere *
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic Nepal *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Ejaculation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ejaculation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Enuresis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Female Vietnam Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Genital China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Impotency China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Impotency China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Impotency China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Impotency 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.