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

 Illicium verum (Illiciaceae)

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Common name(s)
Yildizanasonu; Pa Chio Hui Hsiang; Bunga lawan; Pa Chio Yu; Po Hui Hsiang

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Bedbug Elsewhere *
Bladder China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Carminative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Colic Malaya *
Colic Elsewhere *
Constipation India *
Constipation Malaya *
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Malaya *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
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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.