Origin
Native to Mexico; cultivated in Indian gardens.
Action:
Root bark—used in herpes, sexually transmitted diseases.
Bark—stimulant, emmenagogue.
Root—violent cathartic.
Latex— purgative, rubefacient.
Warning:
Root—violent cathartic.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 504.