TABLE 5.
List of new therapeutic uses recorded in Dulongjiang area.
| Botanical name | Part used | New uses | Previously reported uses | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurauia napaulensis DC. | Root | Traumatic injury | Fever and viral diseases | Ozukum et al. (2019) |
| Viburnum cylindricum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don | Leaf | Cold | Dysentery, acute gastroenteritis, stomatitis, urinary tract infection, burns, cutaneous pruritus | Yang et al. (2016); Chi et al. (1991) |
| Allium hookeri Thwaites | Whole plant | Traumatic injury | Relieve swelling and pain | Zhu (1991) |
| Maianthemum atropurpureum (Franch.) LaFrankie | Rhizome | Traumatic injury | Treat lung ailment, rheumatism, menstrual disturbance, mammitis, cuts, bruises, kidney diseases, and also to activate blood circulation and to alleviate pain | Xu et al. (2021) |
| Tanacetum tatsienense var. tanacetopsis (W. W. Smith) Grierson | Whole plant | Rheumatism; Dyspepsia | Relieve pain, blood bleeding | Li et al. (2009) |
| Apios carnea (Wall.) Benth. | Root | Cough | Deficiency of the kidney, lumbago | Lu (1988) |
| Stauntonia angustifolia (Wall.) R.Br. ex Wall. | Stem | Traumatic injury | Stomach pain, rheumatism pain | Zhu (1991) |
| Fragaria vesca L. | Root | Cold | Tuberculosis, pus and blood in the chest | Luo (1997) |
| Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz. | Fruit | Dysentery | Traumatic injury, bones and muscles pain | Zhang et al. (2014) |
| Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Gross | Whole plant | Nephritis | Urinary infection | Liu et al. (2021) |
| Tremella aurantialba Bandoni et Zang | Fruit body | Tumour | Tuberculosis, asthenia cough, cold, phlegm, asthma, hypertension | Luo (1997) |
| Hypocrella bambusae (Berk. et Br.) Sacc. | Fruit body | Amygdalitis | Rheumatoid arthritis, stomach problems and fungal infections | Chen et al. (2019) |
| Thamnolia vermicularia (Ach.) Asahina | Whole plant | Asthma | Treat sore throats, hypertension, cough caused by lung-heat, fever and neurasthenia | Xiang et al. (2013) |
| Impatiens arguta Hook.f. & Thomson | Whole plant | Skin itch | Stomachache | Zhu (1991) |
| Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. | Whole plant | Animal bite | Enteritis, dysentery, acute icteric hepatitis, appendicitis, mastitis, stomatitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, tuberculosis | Zhou and Zheng. (2010) |
| Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wall.) Meisn. | Leaf | Skin allergy; Skin itch | Cold, heat stroke, bronchitis, food stagnation, gas distension, stomachache, diarrhea, rheumatic arthralgia | Zhou and Zheng. (2010) |
| Alnus nepalensis D.Don | Bark | Wound | Dysentery, diarrhea | Long et al. (1999) |