Whole plant: Latex used for removing "mosquito worms" from body, and placed on cotton plug for toothache. Exudate used to treat munuri ant (Pariponera clavata) bite and sore eyes in NW Guyana.

Root: Used to treat headaches in NW Guyana.

Stem: Grated bark used in a plaster for headache, and as a resolvent for small abscesses; latex extracted from the trunk is placed on absorbent cotton as a tampon for painful dental cavities.

Leaf: Macerated for an eyewash to remedy conjunctivitis. Macerated in rum for swollen feet. Petiole-latex applied to penis for gonorrhoea by the Surinam Tirio.

Part unspecified: Used to soothe bites, and for skin irritations and snakebite wounds, by Amerindians at Kurupukari, Guyana.

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