Bursera simaruba (Gumbolimbo)

Traditional uses

Bahamas

• Ache(Back)
• Aphrodisiac
• Debility
• Hunger
• Impotency
• Rash
• Strain

Salvador

• Ache(Stomach)
• Rheumatism

Haiti

• Antiseptic
• Diarrhea
• Diuretic
• Repellant(Insect)
• Nephritis
• Sore
• Vulnerary
• Calculus

Guatemala

• Bite(Snake)
• Gangrene

Venezuela

• Cancer(Stomach)
• Debility
• Hernia
• Rheumatism

Elsewhere

• Depilatory
• Obesity
• Renitis
• Venereal
• Wound

Mexico

• Diaphoretic
• Diuretic
• Dropsy
• Dysentery
• Enterorrhagia
• Expectorant
• Fever
• Purgative
• Stomach
• Swelling
• Venereal
• Yellow Fever
• Bite(Snake)

Dominican Republic

• Intestine
• Kneecap
• Lactogogue(Veterinary)
• Cystitis
• Nephritis

West Indies

• Tumor

Chemicals

Plant

• RESIN