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

Rev.11-03-2021

Devil's claws

Plant

Family

Four-o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae)

English

Devil's claws, Pullback

Latin

Pisonia aculeata L., Pisonia cordifolia Mart. ex Schmidt, Pisonia aculeata

Plantparts

Cortex, foliage, Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Antiarthritic, Anti-gonorrhea, Anti-Rheumatic, Antiulcer, Arthritis, Arthrosis, clap, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, Inflammed joints, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, scabies, Seven-year itch, Skin itching (scabies), Ulcerous sores, ulcers

Women's diseases

Leucorrhea, Leucorrhoea, Leukorrhea

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn8547

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