Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

This is a popular plant for the preparation of a tea used as a general beverage and in the treatment of colds. The shoots are boiled to make the tea. In the Grenadines it is similarly used for coughs and colds and is considered very effective. For bronchitis in children it is given in milk. Sloane reports 'It is counted an admirable vulnerary, being only beaten and applied, having cured one who was lanced through the body at the taking of the Island. The plant is also used as a cold remedy in Trinidad.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Like other "cold bushes" this species is often combined with other ingredients to make tea. One such recipe includes Desmodium sp.. Bidens reptans and coconut milk, while another comprises Jack-in-the-Bush. pimento and rosemary. Leaves of Eupatorium sp. are used in Maya medicine as a wound dressing in the same way as the leaves of this species were at one time used in Jamaica. The plant has also been used, in Jamaica as an emmenagogue.

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Leaf
Ailments
Wart, sore

1) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 10.

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p. 54.

3) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 27