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

 Aconitum deinorhizum (Ranunculaceae)

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Common name(s)
Char De Venus; Visha; Bish; Indian Aconite; Bischnag; Mohra; Indischer Eisenhut; Indische Monnikskap

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiphlogistic Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Arabic Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Malaria India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Narcotic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*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.