{"tema_id":"34464","string":"Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.","created":"2021-09-02 07:36:56","code":null,"notes":[{"@type":"Nota de alcance","@lang":"en","@value":"\nOrigin\nAfrica\n \n\nFolk\nmedicinal uses\nRoot\nand stem bark - One\ntablespoonful of the root and stem bark infusion mixed with Capsicum\nspp. Taken 3 times daily cures malaria fever. Overdose is reported to\nbe very dangerous. Root bark of R. vomitoria, ripe fruits of Piper\nguineense, seeds of Parkia clappertoniana (locust bean) are cooked\nwith snail. The soup so prepared is taken as a cure for rheumatism.\nLeaves\n- Three or four spoonfuls of\nthe infusion (in hot water) of two or three leaves of R. vomitoria\nwill induce vomiting and violent purgation as a treatment for\nconstipation or indigestion (Dalziel, 1937). Leaves of R. vomitoria\nare boiled with seven fruits of Xylopia aethiopica to treat\nconvulsions in children. The resulting solution is given to the\nchild\" to drink and for bathing. A decoction is applied\nexternally to treat ascites. Sixty-one leaves of !. Vomitoria,\nsixty-one leaves of Spondia\nmonbin and seven fruits of Xylopia aethiopica are boiled together,\nthe decoction is then used for bathing the patient. To induce labour\nand safe delivery in women 201 leaves of R.\nvomitoria, leaves of Indigofera macrophylla, the whole plant of Olyra\nlatifolia and leaves of Cajanus cajan are all boiled; the decoction\nwhen allowed to cool is drunk as a remedy against smallpox. Latex\nfrom the leaves is used to treat general skin disease (Lewis and\nElvin-Lewis, 1977).\nRoot\n- An infusion of root bark mixed with spices cures jaundice and\ngastro-intestinal conditions. A tablespoonful of powdered root bark\nmixed with local gin is given three times daily as a cure for mental\ndisorder.\nToxicity:\nRoot\nand stem bark - \nOverdose is reported to be very dangerous."},{"@type":"Nota bibliogr\u00e1fica","@lang":"en","@value":"\nSome\n medicinal forest  plants of  Africa  and  Latin  America 67\/\nFAO. \u2013  FAO: Rome, 1986.\n\u2013 p. 206."}]}