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

Ethnobotanical Plant Cucumis sativus

Common Name
Hu Kua, Cucumber, Hiyar, Huang Kua, Katimun, Arou, Khiyar, Khiyar Mai

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Burn China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dysentery Indochina *
Dyspepsia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Emetic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Pneumonia India *
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Scald China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Skin Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Skin China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sprue Java *
Swelling China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.