Plant |
Family | Rubiaceae |
English |
David's milkberry, Cahinca, Milkberry, Snowberry, Timaque, West indian milkberry, West indian snowberry |
Latin |
Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc., Chiococca anguifuga Mart., Chiococca brachiata Ruiz & Pavon, Chiococca alba (Linné) Hitchc., Chiococca brachiata Ruiz and Pav., Chiococca anguifuga Martius, Chiococca racemosa L., Chioccoca alba |
Plantparts | foliage, Root, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Antiblennorrhagic, Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-edemic, Anti-emetic, Anti-flu, antiinfective, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Anti-neuralgic, Anti-Rheumatic, Antisyphilitic, Antivomitive, Aperient, arthritis, Assist healing of wounds, Backache, backpain, Back pains, bladder dysfunction, Bladder infection, Bladder infections, Bladder inflammation, Blennorrhagia, Body ache, Body Aches, body pain, body pains, catharic, Cathartic, Communicable disease, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, cystitis, Cystitis acuta, diaorrhea, Diaphoretic, Diarrhea, Diarrhoea, Difficult urination, Diuretic, Dropsy, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, Edema, emesis, Erectile dysfunction, Erectile function disorder, Febrile response, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, flu, fluid accumulation, Gastritis, General infection, General inflammation, General inflammations, Gripe, Grippe, Hansen's disease, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, hidrotic, Hydropsy, imbalanced bladder function, impotence, impotency, Induce sweating, Infection, infection in general, Infections, infections in general, Infectious disease, Infectious diseases, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation in stomach, inflammation of stomach, inflammation of the bladder, inflammations, Inflammations in general, influenza, intestinal infection, intestinal infections, Ischuria, laxative, leprosy, lumbago, Male impotence, miction distress, movements of the bowel, Nerve pains, Nervous complaints of heart, Nervous disorders of the heart, Nervous heart conditions, Nervous heart problems, Neuralgia, oedema, promotes healing of wounds, prostate, Prostatitis, Puking, purgative, Pyrexia, retention of urine, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, Sexual impotence, snake bite, Snake bites, Stomach inflammation, stopping vomiting, sudorific, sweat-inducing, Swelling of legs, syphilis, the flue, Throwing up, Transmissible disease, Urinary bladder inflammation, Urinary retention, urine retention, Used in the treatment of snake bites, vaginal discharge, Vomit, vomiting, Vulnerary, Wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds healing |
Women's diseases |
Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, Emmenagogue, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, Menstrual pain, Pain during menstruation, painful periods, Period pain, stimulates menstruation |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical use in Belize, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Nicaragua, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) |
Ingredients |
| | alkaloid, essential oil, fatty acid, methyl salicylate, resin, Tanning agents |
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