Origin

Latin America

Folk medicinal uses

Resin: The main use of the resin is in traditional medicine, either as an externally used antiseptic soap for dermatosis or taken internally as a carminative, anti-asthmatic, expectorant and for malfunctions of the digestive system. An infusion prepared in hot water is taken orally for ulcers.

Tincture: A tincture of ~. camporum is used as an expectorant for the bronchial tubes, hoarseness and insomnia, with a maximum dose of 10 mI.

Toxicity:

Ferreira (1980), refers to the popular utilization of the resin as a narcotic.

Some medicinal forest plants of Africa and Latin America 67/ FAO. – FAO: Rome, 1986. – p. 228.