Whole plant: Used by Surinam Saramaccan Bush Negroes in a curative herbal bath to remedy stomachache and uterus (or womb) problems.

Root: Partially cooked in water to yield a remedy for painful uterus.

Leaf: Boiled in water for stomach cramps, nerve disease and grippe. Decoction is washed on itching caused by insect bites, and on cutaneous eruptions.

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