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

 Aconitum heterophyllum (Ranunculaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ativisha; Atees; Vajji Turki; Atis; Atees,Indian

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Aphrodisiac -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Aphrodisiac Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cough India *
Diarrhea India *
Dysentery India *
Dyspepsia India *
Enteritis India *
Fever India *
Fever -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever India *
Malaria -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomach India *
Tonic -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Elsewhere *
Tonic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Abdomen) India 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.