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

 Coptis chinensis (Ranunculaceae)

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Common name(s)
Huang Lian

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Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Analgesic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bactericide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cancer(Stomach) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Canker China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Conjunctivitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dyspepsia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Emaciation China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Epistaxis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Epistaxis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fever China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hematemesis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Hematemesis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Nausea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Restlessness China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Scabies China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sore China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Spasm China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
*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.