Uses: local pain, fever, diarrhea, worm, throat, flu, flu in children, cold, cough,                                                  

Origin: Brazil.      

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

The plant, introduced into the gardens of Jamaica, is much used as a medicinal herb. Tea is prepared by infusion or decoction and is used as a general beverage and for stomach trouble. It is sometimes used with gin or rum for stomach-ache and vomiting. These uses can be traced back to the early writers on Jamaican medicinal plants.

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

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 15.