Root: For toothache.

Leaf: Used in compresses in herbal curative baths by the Surinam Saramaccan Bush Negroes.
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Range. Pantropical.

Uses.
Whole plant: Leaves, roots, and whole plant used as a laxative, blood purifier, diuretic, and soporific. Taking the crushed and squeezed juice from the plant will neu­tralize the venom in snake bites. Boiling the plant and taking it will keep help prevent miscarriages.

Leaf: Cure nose bleeds. Eating the leaves cooked in a curry will cure pain in urination and kidney stones. Juice squeezed from leaves can be licked with honey to cure vomiting and passing of blood, excessive menstruation, white vaginal discharge, gonorrhea, and sores and bumps.

Root: The paste of the root made with water will neu­ tralize the poison if applied to the site of a scorpion sting. It can also be applied onto boils to cure them. Applying either the paste of the root or using the crushed root as a poultice will cure stiffness of the muscles. The paste made with water can be strained and taken once in the morning and once at night to cure excessive menstruation.
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Origin:
Cultivated fields, waste places and along roadsides.

Action:
Galactogenic, laxative, emollient, spasmolytic, diuretic.
Pollen extract—used for allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis.
Root— used in menorrhoea.
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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

A. viridis and A. spinosus and perhaps the third species are among the most common green vegetables in Jamaica. Calalu is said to be 'good for the bowels'. A. viridis contains vitamin C, tannin, resin and reducing sugars. It is similarly used in parts of Africa where the leaves provide poultices for abscesses and boils. A. spinosus is also used as a potherb. All three species are used as spinach in Trinidad, A. viridis being cultivated for the purpose. (15, 17).

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

whole plant

Medicinal uses

abdominal pain,ulcers,gonorrhoea

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Origen
“Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil
Medicinal indication
- As laxative: Fresh leaves
- Against blenorrheas and urinary inflammations: Fresh leaves
- As emollient against eczemas: Leaves and roots

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Shoot Leaf
Ailments
Wart, sore, astringent Boils, burn

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7) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 25