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Medicinally, the plant is used as a tranquilizer, pectoral, astringent, vulnerary, antihaemorhagic, antibacterial, antirheumatic for gout and rheumatism, dysmenorrhoea, skin rashes, and as a curative of the liver.
The exctracted coumarin has antiinflamatory and cicatrizing properties; Umbelliferone and swertesine have sedative and relaxing properties on the smooth muscular system

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Whole plant: Decoction for upset stomach and as an external bath for a febrifuge; tea for influenza, fever, whooping cough, fits; antiemetic; infusion for headache caused by blows to the head. Used in treatment of hemorrhage and whooping cough in NW Guyana
Leaf: Macerated for a vulnerary; applied externally for haematoma. Used in a pectoral tea or eaten in a toffee for coughs and colds. Infusion as a hairwash for hair loss.
Part unspecified: Bechic; infusion for a calmative.

Chemical Constituents: Plant contains coumarim and umbelliferone
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Deseases:
analgesic, dengue, local pain, fever. flu
Distribution:
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, United States, Venezuela

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2) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017

3) Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski; et al/  Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants by population of Valley of Juruena Region, Legal Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology. año 2015 vol. 173, p. 388.