Impatiens balsamina (Garden balsam)

Traditional uses

Elsewhere

  • Antidote
  • Bactericide
  • Diuretic
  • Stasis
  • Circulation
  • Fungicide
  • Cathartic
  • Emetic
  • Wound

China

  • Cancer(Digestive)
  • Cancer(Esophagus)
  • Dysphagia
  • Caries
  • Fish-Bones
  • Labor

US

  • Cyanogenetic

Haiti

  • Dysmenorrhea

Turkey

  • Emetic
  • Laxative
  • Resolvent
  • Vulnerary
  • Diuretic
  • Astringent

Central America

  • Eye
  • Inflammation

Philippines

  • Lumbago
  • Neuralgia

Brazil

  • Polyp(Uterus)

Hawaii

  • Sore

Chemicals

Pericarp

  • BALSAMINONE-A — 50
  • BALSAMINONE-B — 10
  • 2-METHOXY-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE — 2300

Activities

  1. Antipruritic — 3 compounds; 2-METHOXY-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE, BALSAMINONE-A, BALSAMINONE-B
  2. Allelochemic — 1 compounds; 2-METHOXY-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE
  3. Pesticide — 1 compounds; 2-METHOXY-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE