Plant |
Family | Loganiaceae |
English |
Strychnine tree, Nux-vomica, Nux-vomica tree, Poison nut, Poison nut tree, Quaker buttons, Semen strychnos, Stychnine, Vomiting nut |
Latin |
Strychnos nux-vomica LINN. |
Plantparts | Cortex, Nuts, Seed, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Aids digestion, Anorexia, Anorexy, Anti-asthmatic, Antidepressant, Antidepressive, Anti-Migraine, Anti-neuralgic, Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Anxiety disorders, Anxious, Aperient, Appetite stimulant, Appetizer, Appetizing, Asthma, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, cardiac, Cardiac insufficiency, Cardiac tonic, Cardiac trophorestorative, Cardiotonic, catharic, Cathartic, Constipation, Costive, Costiveness, depression, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, Dyschezia, dyspepsia, Dyssynergic defaecation, Eupeptic, Febrile response, fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Freight, Gastric catarrh, Gastritis, Good for digestion, good for the heart, have weak nerves, Heart restorative, heart tonic, improves appetite, improves digestion, inappetence, Increases the appetite, indigestion, insomnia, lack of appetite, laxative, Loss of appetite, low back pain, lumbago, Megrin, Mental fatigue, Migraine, Migraine Headache, movements of the bowel, nausea, Nerve pains, nerve tonic, Nervine, Nervine tonic, Nervous atony, Nervous debility, Nervous exhaustion, Nervous fatigue, Nervous lassitude, Nervousness, Nervous trophorestorative, Neuralgia, Neurasthenia, paralysis, Poor appetite, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Purgative, Pyrexia, sciatica, Sciatic neuritis, Sleeplessness, Stimulant to increase appetite, stimulates digestion, stimulate the appetite, suffering from a nervous disorder, Warming digestive, weak nerves |
Women's diseases |
Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, Menstrual pain, Pain during menstruation, painful periods, Period pain |
Homoeopathically uses |
homoeopathically use, Homoeopathically uses |
Warnings |
Brings on vomiting, causes vomiting, Convulsant, May cause poisoning |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Spleen, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in French Guiana, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Vietnam, Used in Bangladesh |
Ingredients |
| | alkaloid, Alpha-amyrin, Arabinose, Arachidic acid, Behenic acid, Brucine, Chlorogenic acid, Chlorogenin, choline, coffee tannic acid, fat, Galactose, Linoleic acid, Loganin, Mannose, Myristic acid, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Pseudo-Brucine, Pseudo-Strychnine, Salidroside, Stearic acid, Stigmasterol, Strychnine, Sulfuric acid, tannin, Xylose |
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