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

 Siegesbeckia pubescens (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Menamomi; Hsi Lien

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antidote Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Arthritis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Convulsion China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Drainage Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Paralysis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rheumatism China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Stroke China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tumor China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.