Parte empleada: frutos.
Usos: asma.
Preparación: hervir tres frutitas en agua y tomar.

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Raíz: Insecticida, tratamiento de la sarna.

Uses: help in labor, ulcer.                                                 

Origin: Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Taiwan, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.   

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Root and Seed: Infused in rum for a vermifuge.

Leaf: Fresh leaves in a warm bath function as a calmative; decoction is resolutive and sudorific. Used for fever in NW Guyana.

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Origin
“Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil
Medicinal indication
- As stomachic: Leaves
- As a diuretic: Roots

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Origin:
Mexico
Medicinal  properties:
- Urinary problems
- Constipation
- Mange
- Syphilis

1) Geraldini , Isanete, Journal of Ethnopharmacology v. 173, 2015 . -- p. 383-423

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

3) Plantas medicinales de La Matamba y El Piñonal, municipio de Jamapa, Veracruz/ Escamilla Pérez, Blanca Edith; Moreno Casaola, Patricia. INECOL: Mexico, 2015, 99p.

4) Escalona Cruz, José Luis; et al/ Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales vol. 20, no 4. 2015. p -- 429 - 439

5) M.F. Agra; et al/ Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of “Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007), p. 390.

6) Armando González Stuart/ Plants Used in Mexican Plants Used in Mexican Traditional Medicine Traditional Medicine: Their Application and Effects In Traditional Healing Practices. - p. 26.