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

 Celosia argentea (Amaranthaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ch'Ing Hsiang; Bayam merah (Red spinach); L.; Yeh Chi Kuan; Ts'Ing Hsiang Tsu; K'Un Lun Ts'Ao; Ts'Ao Chueh Ming; No-Geito

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antiphlogistic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Beri-Beri Thailand Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Cancer Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Conjunctivitis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cough Elsewhere *
Depurative Elsewhere *
Depurative India *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea India *
Diarrhea Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Diarrhea China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Dysentery 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.