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

Ethnobotanical Plant Elaeagnus pungens

Common Name
Nawasiro-Gumi

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Antidiarrheic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Asthma China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Cough China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
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.
Piles China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tonic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.