Cassia alata

Traditional uses

Africa

• Abortifacient
• Parturition

Ghana

• Abortifacient
• Ascites
• Craw-Craw
• Dhobi Itch
• Eczema
• Herpes
• Leprosy
• Mycosis
• Parturition
• Ringworm
• Shingles
• Skin
• Sore
• Taenifuge
• Tattoo
• Insecticide
• Purgative
• Gonorrhea
• Vermifuge

Elsewhere

• Ache(Stomach)
• Antidote
• Asthma
• Bactericide
• Bite(Snake)
• Bronchitis
• Fungicide
• Herpes
• Insecticide
• Poison
• Rheumatism
• Ringworm
• Skin
• Venereal
• Vermifuge
• Eczema
• Piscicide
• Purgative

Haiti

• Amygdalitis
• Herpes
• Itch
• Measles
• Sore
• Sore(Throat)
• Vulnerary
• Depurative
• Prurigo
• Psoriasis
• Skin
• Soporific
• Tonic
• Insecticide

Mexico

• Bite(Snake)
• Diuretic
• Fever
• Insecticide
• Purgative
• Skin
• Sudorific
• Ringworm
• Syphilis

West Indies

• Bite(Snake)
• Venereal

Malaya

• Constipation

Dominican Republic

• Diuretic

Venezuela

• Diuretic
• Itch

Upper Volta

• Dysentery

Trinidad

• Eczema
• Herpes
• Purgative
• Vermifuge
• Diarrhea
• Bactericide
• Vitiligo

Java

• Herpes
• Larvicide
• Ringworm
• Syphilis
• Itch
• Scabies

Samoa

• Poultice
• Purgative
• Ringworm
• Skin
• Bite(Snake)

Guatemala

• Purgative
• Rheumatism

Philippines

• Skin

Amboina

• Purgative

Central African Republic

• Scurvy