WORLDWIDE ETHNOMEDICAL USES |
Argentina |
for diarrhea, hemorrhoids, respiratory infections, urinary infections, and as an antiseptic and sedative |
Brazil |
for agitation, anxiety, asthma, bacterial infections, bronchitis, central nervous system disorders, convulsions, cough, cuts, epilepsy, fever, gingivitis, hepatitis, hysteria, inflammation, insomnia, liver problems, menopause, muscle pain, neuralgia, nervous tension, rheumatism, spleen disorders, stress, throat (sore), whooping cough, and as an antiseptic and sedative |
Colombia |
as a diuretic and sedative |
Peru |
for cystitis, epilepsy, eye irritations, hysteria, insomnia |
U.S. |
for central nervous system disorders, epilepsy, heart problems, hepatitis, hernia, high blood pressure, hysteria, insomnia, liver problems, stomachache, and as a lactation aid |
Elsewhere |
for edema, epilepsy, eye, headaches, heart problems, hepatitis, hernia, hypertension, hysteria, insomnia, liver problems, palpitations, rheumatism, spasms, stomachache, stomach cancer, urinary insufficiency, and as a sedative |