Ethnobotanical Plant 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
Data Views
Total Uses: 69
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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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. |
*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.