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

 Eclipta alba (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Daun dakelin; Rumput migus; Li Ch'Ang; Keremek hutan; Urang-aring; Ubat rambut panjang (long-hair

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Java *
Alopecia China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Baldness Singapore *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Copremia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cosmetic (Grey hair) India *
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Enterorrhagia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Estrogenic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Gastrosis Malaya *
Giddiness Malaya *
Hair-Dye China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hemorrhage China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hemorrhage China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hemostat China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Indigestion China Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Insecticide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
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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.