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

Rev.12-05-2020

Guapa

Plant

Family

Arum family (Araceae)

English

Guapa

Latin

Dracontium polyphyllum L.

Plantparts

Corm, Underground stem, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

against Botfly laerva, Botfly Larva Expulsion, snakebite, Snake bites, Stingray stings, Stingray Wounds, treatment of human skin parasite Dermatobia hominis, a botfly, Used in the treatment of snake bites

Cancer

Anti-carcinogenic, anticarcinogenig, Anticarcinomic, antineoplastic, Anti-tumor, Anti-tumor activity, Neoplasm, tumor, tumor-inhibiting, Tumor inhibition, tumor-reducing, Tumors, Tumour, Tumour inhibition

Women's diseases

menstrual complaints, menstrual disorder, menstrual disorders

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn7822

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