Afecciones bronquiales y pulmonares: Hojas, flores

Stem, Leaf and Fruit: Shoots and green pods used for a good pectoral infusion.

Leaf: Infusion is consumed for pulmonary conditions such as coughs and bronchitis. In Surinam, leaves are mixed in an infusion with Dactyloctenium aegyptium to accelerate childbirth. Juice used for haemorrhages; leaves decocted for washing ulcers. Boiled leaves applied to sores and wounds to hasten cicatrization. Leaves or pods boiled with salt and "steel drops" (ferric chloride solution) for treatment of leucorrhoea. Infusion for fever-bath, headaches; macerated for an antiperspirant or deodorant. Leaves used in a complex liquid with Plectranthus, cloves and "steel drops" for venereal disease.

Leaf and Flower: Boiled for a diuretic and diabetes remedy.

Flower: Infusion is pectoral.

Seed: Infusion for a diuretic. Flour made from seeds is resolutive.
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Origin:
Cultivated as pulse crop, chiefly in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.

Action:
Green leaves are considered hypocholesterolaemic. Pulse shows cholesterol and phospholipid lowering effect (reported to cause flatulence). A paste of leaves with salt and water, is taken on an empty stomach for jaundice. Leaves are used in diseases of the mouth, and topically for treating measles and other eruptions.
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Origin

Abeokuta, Nigeria

Action:

Leaves

For measles

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

The seeds are a favourite food in Jamaica while the leaves are sometimes used to make tea for colds. Both the leaves and roots are said to contain tannins. In Africa the leaves have been used to prepare a gargle and mouthwash: for diarrhoea and for smallpox.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

The leaves of this plant boiled with ashes, salt, and the roots of coconut and Zanthoxyllum (prickly yellows) provide a decoction which is held in the mouth to cure toothache. In Cuba, in addition to the use of shoots and flowers to prepare pectoral decoctions, poultices are made with the seeds. Lunan reports that Barham recommends the leaf juice as an eye lotion. Wright considered the leaf decoction useful in uterine haemorrhage and weakness.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

leaves,seeds

Medicinal uses

smallpox,mouth wash

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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
 Quicken placenta removal, diarrhoea, relieve menstrual pains, stomach ache measles

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