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

 Strychnos nux-vomica (Loganiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kargabuken; Strychnine; Ma Ch'Ien; Huo Shih K'O Pa Tu; K'U Shih Pa Tou; Fan Mu Pieh; Yettie Kolindoo

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Abortifacient China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ague China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Amblyopia Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Avicide Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Canicide China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Canicide Elsewhere *
Canicide Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Canicide Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Chorea Elsewhere *
CNS stimulant Malaysia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Colic India *
Cynanche China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emetic Cambodia *
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Fatality Elsewhere *
Fatality Asia Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
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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.