Plumbago zeylanica

Traditional uses

Ghana

  • Abortifacient
  • Leprosy
  • Ringworm
  • Skin
  • Wart
  • Piles
  • Counterirritant
  • Enema
  • Vesicant

Japan

  • Abortifacient

Malaysia

  • Abortifacient

Java

  • Abortive
  • Dermatosis
  • Emmenagogue
  • Ache(Head)
  • Leprosy
  • Parturition

Elsewhere

  • Abscess
  • Diarrhea
  • Diuretic
  • Dyspepsia
  • Emmenagogue
  • Expectorant
  • Leprosy
  • Anasarca
  • Bactericide
  • Rheumatism
  • Skin

Nigeria

  • Fever
  • Vermifuge
  • Wart
  • Leprosy

India

  • Fungicide
  • Tumor(Abdomen)
  • Candida
  • Emmenagogue

Tanzania

  • Leprosy
  • Vesicant

Upper Volta

  • Leprosy

Malaya

  • Rheumatism
  • Ringworm
  • Funereal

India(Gujarat)

  • Skin

Kenya

  • Sore

Sudan

  • Tonic
  • Vesicant

Pakistan

  • Tumor(Glands)

Philippines

  • Wart
  • Itch

India(Ayurvedic)

  • Digestive

Africa

  • Flu
  • Fever
  • Malaria

W Africa

  • Vesicant

Tradition unspecified

  • Skin

Hawaii

  • Sore
  • Swelling

India(Santal)

  • Splenitis

Indonesia

  • Tumor