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

 Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chiang; Gingembre; Sheng Chiang; Ginger; Gan Jiang; T'Ang Chiang; Gengibre; Lahja; Jae; Haliya padi; Haliya bara; Sonth; Chiang P'I; Kunyit terus; Chiang Chiu; Kan Chiang; Haliya; Shoga; Zencefil; Djae; Atuja; Haliya hudang; Haiti; Jahi; Sunthi; Gengibre Dulce

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortive Malaya *
Ache(Back) Malaya *
Ache(Head) Malaya *
Ache(Stomach) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad *
Ache(Stomach) Malaya *
Ache(Stomach) Ethiopia *
Ache(Tooth) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Tooth) Dominican Republic *
Ache(Tooth) Newguinea *
Ague Malaya *
Alopecia China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Amenorrhea India(Santal) *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Anodyne China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Antidote(Brassica) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Mushroom) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) *
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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.