Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Gray nicker

Plant

English

Gray nicker, Bengor nut, Bonduc, Bonduc nut, Fever nut, Gray nickers, Latakaranja, Marble bean, Nicker tree, Physic nut, Yellow nicker

Latin

Guilandina bonduc L., Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb., Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming, Guilandina bonducella L., Caesalpinia bonduc Roxb., Caesalpinia bonducella Flem.

Plantparts

foliage, Seed, Unspecified, Young leaves

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

anorexia, Anorexy, Anthelmintic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-edemic, Anti-fatigue, Antifebrile, Anti-gonorrhea, Anti-pyretic, Antisyphilitic, Appetite stimulant, Appetizer, Appetizing, asthma, Body ache, Body Aches, body pain, body pains, Bone break, Bone fracture, Bone fractures, Broken bone, Broken bones, clap, dropsy, edema, emetic, Erysipelas, exhaustion, faintness, Fatigue, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, feebleness, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, fluid accumulation, fracture, fractures, gonorrhea, Gonorrhoea, Hydropsy, Ignis sacer, improves appetite, inappetence, Increases the appetite, induce vomiting, intestinal worm, Intestinal worms, lack of appetite, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness, Loss of appetite, Meteorism, oedema, paralysis, Poor appetite, Pyretic, Pyrexia, reduce fevers, relieves fevers, snakebite, Snake bites, St. Anthony's fire, St Anthony's fire, Stimulant to increase appetite, stimulate the appetite, syphilis, the rose, Tiredness, Used in the treatment of snake bites, vomitive, weakness, weariness

Other uses

Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Purulia district, West Bengal, India, Phytomedical used on Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Nicaragua, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn7489

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