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

 Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)

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Common name(s)
Shepherd'S Purse; Coban Cantasi; Nazuna; Ti Mi Ts'Ai; Pan Y Quesillo; Chi Ts'Ai; Kees Al Rai'Y

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antiseptic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Cancer Poland Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Chyluria China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Chyluria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Contraceptive Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Diarrhea US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Dropsy Elsewhere *
Dysentery China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
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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.