Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.18-07-2008

Calumba

Plant names
Menispermaceae
English Calumba, Calumba Root
Latin Jateorhiza palmata MIERS, Chasmanthera Columba Baill., Cocculus palmatus D.C, Jateorhiza calumba, Jateorhiza columba, Jateorrhiza columba Miers., Jateorrhiza palmata Miers., Jatrorhiza Columba Miers., Jatrorhiza Miersii Oliv., Jatrorhiza palmata Miers., Jatrorrhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers., Menispermum Columba Roxb., Menispermum palmatum Lam.
Plant partsRoot
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Abdominal trouble, Aids digestion, Anthelmintic, Antibacterial, Antidiarrheic, Antidysenteric, Arsenic poisoning, blood formation, Bronchitis, Carminative, Fatigue, fungicide, Hypertension, Hypotension, impotence, Intermittent fever, laxative, Loss of appetite, parasite, Scrofula, Scurvy, Tonic, vomiting
Other uses Anthelmintics, colouring
Contents
 alkaloid, berberine, Columbamine, diosgenin, essential oil, jatrorrhizine, mucilage, palmatine, starch, Tannic acid, thymol

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