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

Rev.11-03-2021

Cape myrtle

Plant

English

Cape myrtle, African boxwood, Thakisa

Latin

Myrsine africana Linn.

Plantparts

foliage, Fruit, Fruits, Grass, Gum-resin, Leaf, Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Anthelmintic, Anti-edemic, Aperient, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, catharic, Cathartic, Cestoda, Cestoidea, Cleanses the blood, Colic, depurant, Depurative, Dropsy, edema, fluid accumulation, Hydropsy, intestinal tapeworm, intestinal worm, Intestinal worms, laxative, movements of the bowel, oedema, Purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, taenia, Tapeworm, Tapeworm infestation, to cleanse the blood, Warming

Women's diseases

Absence of a menstrual period, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, encourages menstruation, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, Menstrual pain, Pain during menstruation, Painful periods, Period pain, promote the onset of menstruation

Foods

Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, spice

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Sarban Hills, Abbotabad, KP, Pakistan, Phytomedical use in Nepal

Ingredients

 emodin

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn3763

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