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Traditional uses

Mexico

• Abortifacient
• Astringent
• Cough
• Emollient
• Hair-Tonic
• Respiratory
• Styptic
• Vulnerary
• Wound
• Chest
• Expectorant
• Laxative

Venezuela

• Abortifacient(Veterinary)
• Emmenagogue
• Parturition
• Tumor
• Skin
• Purgative

Cuba

• Ache(Ear)
• Astringent
• Chest
• Douche
• Emetic
• Laxative
• Wound
• Sore

Curacao

• Ache(Head)
• Antidote(Hippomane)
• Asthma
• Cold
• Cut(Coral)
• Cough
• Expectorant
• Mange
• Preventitive(Hippomane)
• Bruise
• Mange(Veterinary)
• Poultice
• Sore

Elsewhere

• Ache(Head)
• Astringent
• Cyanogenetic
• Diuretic
• Emollient
• Expectorant
• Fever
• Laxative
• Lung
• Poison
• Purgative
• Refrigerant
• Wound
• Asthma
• Abortifacient
• Diarrhea
• Aperient
• Cut(Coral)
• Cough
• Ecbolic
• Parturition
• Cold

Haiti

• Anodyne
• Depurative
• Diuretic
• Hydragogue
• Inflammation
• Lice
• Neuralgia
• Testicle
• Ache(Head)
• Aphrodisiac
• Dysentery
• Intestine

Panama

• Anodyne
• Dysmenorrhea
• Ecbolic
• Emetic
• Emmenagogue
• Laxative
• Vermifuge
• Fever
• Tranquilizer

Southafrica

• Bite(Snake)

Trinidad

• Chest-Cold
• Flu
• Hypertension
• Palpitation
• Pneumonia

Malaya

• Diuretic

Brazil

• Expectorant
• Fever
• Erysipelas

Sumatra

• Ache(Head)
• Wound

Peru

• Internulcer

India

• Pectoral

Dominican Republic

• Wound(Veterinary)
• Apertif
• Catarrh
• Fever
• Puerperium

Latin America

• Cyanogenetic