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

 Paeonia albiflora (Paeoniaceae)

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Common name(s)
Syakuyaku; Shao Yao; Chin Shao Yao; Bai Shao

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Alterative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anemia China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Anodyne Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Anodyne Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antidiuretic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antiseptic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Antispasmodic Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Antispasmodic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Astringent Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Blood China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Cancer(Breast) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Cervix) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Stomach) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Convulsion Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Demulcent Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Emmenagogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Expectorant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Fever Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Fever Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
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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.