Ethnobotanical Plant Rheum rhaponticum (Polygonaceae)
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Common name(s)
Maruba-Daio; Rhubarb; T'U Ta Huang
Data Views
Total Uses: 10
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Amenorrhea | Elsewhere | * |
Antilactogogue | India | * |
Aperient | Elsewhere | ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan. |
Cancer | Europe | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Dysmenorrhea | India | * |
Endometritis | India | * |
Fatality | -- | Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977 |
Fever | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
Poison | US | Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977 |
Wart | Australia | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
*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.