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

 Dendrobium nobile (Orchidaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chin Hu; Kan Mu Hu; Mu Hu; Huang Ts'Ao; Koki-Sekkoku; Shih Hu

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antiphlogistic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Arthritis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Convalescence China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Entropion China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Fever China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Pectoral China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Sialogogue China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Sialogogue China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Stomachic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomachic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Stomachic Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Thirst 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.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic Chinese Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
*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.