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Houttuynia cordata information about medicinal uses and other uses of the plant
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Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Houttuynia cordata?
If you know websites containing any information about Houttuynia cordata please link to them.
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Here is some basic information about Houttuynia cordata and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Houttuynia cordata.
Houttuynia cordata basic info
Scientific Name:
Houttuynia cordata Thunb..
Family:
Saururaceae.
Genus:
Houttuynia.
Common names in English:
houttuynia.
For common names of Houttuynia cordata in different languages -
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Description:
Houttuynia cordata is a flowering plant, native to Japan, Korea, southern China, and Southeast Asia. The plant is used in folk medicine for diuresis and detoxification and herbal medicine for its antiviral, antibacterial and antileukemic activities. - for more info about Houttuynia cordata
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Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Houttuynia cordata
Abscess
Alexiteric
Anodyne
Antidote
Antiseptic
Anus
Aperient
Astringent
Bactericide
Bite(Snake)
Bones
Cancer(Stomach)
Chest
Cough
Diuretic
Dysentery
Dyspepsia
Emmenagogue
Enteritis
Eye
Female
Fertility(Veterinary)
Fever
Gastritis
Gonorrhea
Internulcer
Laryngitis
Lung
Malaria
Measles
Pertussis
Pharyngitis
Piles
Poison
Prolapse
Refrigerant
Resolvent
Skin
Sore
Suppurative
Swelling
Tumor(Lung)
Urethritis
Urogenital
Vesicant
*The information in this list is based on the ethnobotanical data in Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases.
Dr. Duke does not recommend using this information for self diagnosis or self medication. -
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Houttuynia cordata in other websites
Houttuynia cordata common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website -
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Search PubMed (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) for academic researches with the search term Houttuynia cordata -
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See if there is something in Youtube on the term Houttuynia cordata -
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