Indigofera tinctoria (Common Indigo)

Traditional uses

China

  • Adenopathy
  • Alexiteric
  • Antidote
  • Antidote(Arrow)
  • Bite(Bug)
  • Bruise
  • Cancer
  • Convulsion
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Fever
  • Flux
  • Laryngitis
  • Lymphoadenitis
  • Nerves
  • Preventitive(Alopecia)
  • Rash
  • Restorative
  • Scabies
  • Struma
  • Swelling
  • Tumor
  • Vermifuge
  • Anodyne
  • Antidote(Cantharid)
  • Depression
  • Dysentery
  • Inflammation
  • Mumps
  • Typhoid

Turkey

  • Antiseptic
  • Astringent
  • Deobstruent
  • Fever
  • Purgative
  • Splenomegaly
  • Emetic
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Nervine
  • Spasm
  • Stimulant

Cambodia

  • Blennorrhagia

Elsewhere

  • Bronchitis
  • Epilepsy
  • Piles
  • Nerves
  • Rabies
  • Sore

Venezuela

  • Itch

India

  • Larvicide
  • Tumor(Abdomen)
  • Urogenital
  • Wound

Dominican Republic

  • Pediculicide

Chemicals

Leaf

  • ASH — 44000
  • CAO53,500
  • K2O — 16500
  • P2O5 — 7800
  • NITROGEN — 51100

Plant

  • INDICAN
  • INDIGOTIN

Activities

  1. Antiseptic — 1 compounds; INDIGOTIN
  2. Astringent — 1 compounds; INDIGOTIN
  3. Carcinogenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; INDICAN
  4. Pesticide — 1 compounds; INDIGOTIN

Toxic compounds

  • INDICAN — Carcinogenic; Plant