Whole plant: Crushed in a decoction which is drunk for treating blood in the stools, or used as a wash. Crushed and boiled in a decoction to treat stingray wounds. Macerated plant is boiled  with water and used as an herbal bath to reduce high fevers, for washing the skin as a treatment for cold-fever and for cold sweat, by the Guyana Patamona.

Root: Macerated roots in waterare used for washing the skin as an antipyretic, by the Guyana Paramona. Macerated roots are used as an ointment for burning skin, by the Guyana Patamona.

Root and Leaf: Roots and leaves are boiled and the water drunk as a treatment for coughs, by the Guyana Patamona. Used for swelling and to treat heart problems in NW Guyana. Stem: Watery sap from cut stem used for treating sore eyes in NW Guyana.

Leaf: In compress on stingray wounds; leaf decoction drunk to prevent vomiting. to ease birth, for fever, headache, burns and skin fungi in NW Guyana. Leaves are soaked in water and used as an herbal bath as an analgesic for fevers, by the Guyana Patamona. Macerated leaves are soaked in cold water, and the water drunk as an anti-asthmatic, by the Guyana Patamona. Leaves are boiled, and the water drunk as a treatment for colds, as an antimalarial or to purify the blood, by the a Guyana Patamona.

Leaf  Toxicity: Abortive

Stem and Leaf: Stems and leaves are ground, boiled, and the water used for a herbal bath for washing the skin to alleviate a high fever, by the Guyana Patamona.

Toxicity of Seed: Abortive

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