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)
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



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
Constituent(s)
  • geoffroyin (alkaloid)
  • methyltyrosin
  • berberine
  • starch
  • resin
  • fat
  • andirine
Action
  • vermifuge
  • emetic
  • laxative
  • febrifuge
  • slightly narcotic
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