Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sigesbeckia orientalis L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antu hoo goda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antu hoovina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhogate muja	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chhyukutinai	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chu kao mu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
common st paul's wort	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
common st. paul's wort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
dhumre	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhungre	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
divine herb	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
drap muja	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
duche jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
glandularstalk st. paulswort	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
glandularstalk st. paulswort herb	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
gobariya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gobre jbar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
govareya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herba siegesbeckiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
herbe divine	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
holy herb	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hsi chien	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
hsi lien	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hu kao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hy thiêm	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
indian weed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kadamabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karuntumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katampam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kou kao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kuro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
latlatiaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lechkuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lichakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lichkura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lichkuraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
liskura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lochakuta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nien hu ts'ai	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
pili-badkadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pilulae siegesbeckiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rekkala ravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saint paul'swort	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
sati muja	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
si lian cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
si tzian tsao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
siegesbeckia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
siegesbeckia herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
siegesbeckia pills	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
siegesbeckiae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
sigesbeckia	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sigesbeckia orientalis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
sigesbeckiae herba	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
telaile	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
thangabima	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
the holy herb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thulo piryu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
xi lian cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
xi xian cao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
xixian	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
xixian wan	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
xixiancao	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
xīxiāncăo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yellow crown-head	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
豨莶	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豨莶果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豨莶根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豨莶草	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
豨薟	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
豨薟草	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
herb	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Whole plant		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
whole plant except the roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Branch, leaf		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Minyranthes heterophylla Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24(I): 181 (1851).
Sigesbeckia brachiata Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 439 (1832).
Sigesbeckia caspia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 284 (1838).
Sigesbeckia droseroides Sweet Hort. Brit.: 235 (1826).
Sigesbeckia esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 59 (1910).
Sigesbeckia glutinosa Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3182 (1831), nom. nud.
Sigesbeckia gracilis DC. Prodr. 5: 496 (1836).
Sigesbeckia humilis Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 24 (1925).
Sigesbeckia iberica Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2220 (1803).
Sigesbeckia microcephala DC. Prodr. 5: 496 (1836).
Sigesbeckia orientalis var. angustifolia (Makino) Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3. 4: 1092 (1912).
Sigesbeckia orientalis f. angustifolia Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 100 (1904).
Sigesbeckia orientalis var. tenggerensis Hochr. Candollea 5: 320 (1934).
Sigesbeckia triangularis Cav. Icon. 3: 27 (1795).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Siegesbecia orientalis L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Siegesbeckia orientalis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Siegesbeckia orientalis L.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Siegesbeckia orientalis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Siegesbeckia orientalis Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sigesbeckia orientalis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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