PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Raiz

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: tonico amargo, antifúngico

POSOLOGÍA= Posology: 1-3 g de g¡droga al día en decocción, o dosis equivalentes

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: alcaloides, especialmente protoberberinas y lactonas furanoditerpènicas.

Origin

Africa

Folk medicinal uses

In East Africa the plant is a remedy against dysentry and diarrhoea anu it also finds use as a tonic (Bally, 1937). In India and other parts of Asia, it is again considered to be a tonic and it is also employed as an antipyretic and anthelmintic (Watt & BreyerBrandwijk, 1962; Kirtikar & Basu, 1933). According to Oliver-Bever (1983) the tonic action is due to a stimulant or depressant action on the autonomous nervous system. The related species J. macrantha is used in Nigeria in the treatment of ulcers and snake-bite (Oliver. 1960).

1) Fitoterapia: vademecum de prescripción. 4ª. ed. Barcelona: Masson, 2003,p.195

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 348.

3) Some medicinal forest plants of Africa and Latin America 67/ FAO. – FAO: Rome, 1986. – p. 116.