Leaf, whole plant: whole plant boiled, tea drunk for cough, high pressure
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Whole plant: Boiled as a tea for treating colds, fever, abdominal pain.
Toxicity of whole plant: abortificient.
Leaf: In a tea for cleansing the blood.
1) Barret, Bruce Economic Botany vol. 48, nro. 1 .-- p. 8-20 1994
2) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.