Steinmetz:Andira
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Andira araroba
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae (Papilionaceae)
- English Names
- Goa tree
- Bahia powder tree
- Natural Habitat
- Brazil (in the State Bahia)
- Part(s) Used
- Araroba (it is found in the cavities of the tree. The crude drug is not used in medicine, but only the purified extract, called chrysarobin)
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- Constituent(s)
- chrysarobin containing chrysophanol (chrysophanic acid) and other substances
- ararobinol
- resin
- bitter principle
- Action
- taeniafuge
- alterative
- detergent
- antispasmodic
- toxic. Used especially against tinea (ringworm)
- psoriasis and alopecia. Attention: care should be exercised
- as the drug is easily absorbed through the skin and can cause kidney troubles etc.
- being poisonous
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Andira retusa
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae (Papilionaceae)
- English Names
- Yellow Cabbage tree
- Worm bark tree
- Bastard Cabbage tree
- Natural Habitat
- West Indies
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Geoffroyae = Cortex Andirae
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- Constituent(s)
- geoffroyin (alkaloid)
- methyltyrosin
- berberine
- starch
- resin
- fat
- andirine
- Action
- vermifuge
- emetic
- laxative
- febrifuge
- slightly narcotic
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