PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Parte medular del tronco (albura) y la oleorresina que contiene.

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: Actividad diurética de tipo uricosúrica (útil en casos de gota) y declorurante,

EFECTOS ADVERSOS Y/O TOXICOLOGÍA= Adverse effects and toxicology: El aceite esencial puede ser irritativo para la piel, mientras que la oleorresina es fotosensibilizante. Se tendrá precaución en casos de gastroenteritis, úlceras digestivas, escofagitis por reflujo, enfermedad diverticular y colon irritable.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Lignanos, resinoles ácidos, ácido guayarético, ácido dihidroguayarético, ácido gayacínico, etc.

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA= Geografical zone: América.

Origin:
Introduced from the West Indies; grown as an ornamental.

Action:
Antirheumatic, antiinflammatory, mild laxative, diuretic, diaphoretic, fungistatic (During the sixteenth century it was used as a cure for syphilis.)

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Gum guaiacum is a hard resin which, in Jamaica, is soaked in rum and used as a gargle for sore throat, as a drink for 'bellyache' and as an application to cuts and bruises. For the latter purpose the bruised leaves are sometimes added to the plaster. The juice of the leaves is also taken for biliousness. In earlier times the resin, wood and bark were considered of value in treating venereal diseases, gout. rheumatism and sometimes in intermittent fevers.

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Origin:
Nigeria
Part used
Stem
Medicinal uses
Urinary disorders,diuretic

1) ALONSO, Jorge R. Tratado de fitomedicina : bases clínicas y farmacológicas. Buenos Aires : ISIS, 1998, p. 588.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.

3) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 30.

4) Abd El-Ghani1, Monier M./ Traditional medicinal plants of Nigeria: an overview: Agric. Biol. J. N. Am., 2016, 7(5): 220-247. - p. 241.