Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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LEMONGRASS (Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.) ++

Synonym: Andropogon citratus DC.
Activities (Lemongrass) — Abortifacient (f; JFM); Analgesic (1; APA; JBU; PH2; TRA); Anti-
bacterial (1; JBU; MPG); Antifilaric (1; TRA); Antimutagenic (1; MPG); Antioxidant (1; TRA);
Antipyretic (1; AAB; PH2; TRA); Antiseptic (1; APA; DAA; MPG; TRA); Antispasmodic (1; AAB;
MPI; TRA); Anxiolytic (1; MPG); Ascaricide (1; MPG); Astringent (1; PH2); Candidicide (1;
AAB); Carminative (f; MPG; MPI); CNS Depressant (1; TRA); Contraceptive (f; DAV); Decon-
gestant (2; TRA); Dentifrice (f; MPG); Depurative (f; MPG); Diaphoretic (f; AAB; JFM; MPG;
MPI); Digestive (f; DAV); Diuretic (1; PH2; WBB); Emmenagogue (1; AHP; IHB); Expectorant
(2; AAB; MPG; TRA); Fungicide (1; AAB); Glutathionigenic (1; TRA); Hypotensive (1; APA;
PH2; TRA); Insecticide (1; TRA); Insectifuge (f; MPG); Insulinomimetic (1; HHB); Sedative (1;
CRC; MPG; PH2; TRA); Stimulant (f; MPI; SKJ); Stomachic (f; JFM); Tonic (f; MPG); Uterotonic
(1; AHP); Vermifuge (1; MPG).
Indications (Lemongrass) — Acid Indigestion (f; DAV); Anxiety (1; MPG); Ascaris (1; MPG);
Backache (f; AAB); Bacteria (1; AAB; JBU; MPG; PH2); Bronchosis (1; PH2; TRA); Bruise (f;
MPG); Cancer (1; MPG; JNU); Candida (1; AAB); Catarrh (f; MPG); Cholera (f; MPI; SKJ); Cold
(1; AAB; TRA); Colic (f; JFM); Congestion (2; TRA); Cough (f; APA; MPG; TRA); Cramp (1;
AAB; APA; MPG; MPI; TRA); Dermatosis (f; APA); Diabetes (f; HHB); Diarrhea (f; APA);
Dysmenorrhea (f; DAV); Dyspepsia (f; APA; IED; MPG); Dysuria (f; JFM); Enterosis (f; APA;
DAV; MPG; PH2); Fatigue (f; KOM); Fever (1; AAB; APA; DAV; IED; JFM; MPG; MPI; PH2;
TRA); Flu (f; APA; MPG; TRA); Fungus (1; AAB); Gas (f; APA; MPG; MIP; PH2; TRA); Gastrosis
(f; AAB; APA; DAV; MPG; PH2); Gingivosis (f; JFM); Headache (f; AAB; SKJ; WBB); High
Cholesterol (2; MPG); High Blood Pressure (1; APA; MPG; PH2; TRA); Infection (1; AAB; DAA;
JBU); Insomnia (1; APA; CRC; MPG; PH2; TRA); Leprosy (1; PH2; WBB); Lumbago (f; PH2);
Malaria (f; JFM; SKJ); Myalgia (1; AAB; KOM); Mycosis (1; AAB); Nervousness (1; CRC; MPG;
PH2; TRA); Neuralgia (f; KOM; MPG; PH2); Pain (1; AAB; APA; JBU; PH2; TRA); Parasite (f;
PH2); Pneumonia (f; JFM); Pulmonosis (f; MPG); Pyorrhea (f; JFM); Rheumatism (f; APA; PH2);
Ringworm (f; APA); Stomachache (f; DAA; DAV; MPG; TRA); Toothache (f; WBB); Tuberculosis
(f; JFM); UTI (f; MPG); Water Retention (1; PH2; WBB); Worm (1; MPG); Wound (f; MPG);
Yeast (1; AAB).
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