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

 Aralia nudicaulis (Araliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Yabani Saparna; Spikenard

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic US(Blackfoot) *
Cough Canada(Kwakiutl) *
Depurative US(Amerindian) *
Hemoptysis Canada(Kwakiutl) *
Medicine US(Appalachia) *
Narcotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pectoral Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Refrigerant US(Amerindian) *
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tea US(Amerindian) *
Tonic US(Blackfoot) *
*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.