- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- English Names
- Pockwood tree
- Brazil wood
- Natural Habitat
- West Indies
- coastal parts of tropical America
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex ligni Guaiaci
- Liguum Guaiaci = Lignum Sanctum = Lignum Vitae
- Gummi Guaiaci = Resina Guaiaci (obtained from the heartwood of the tree)
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- Constituent(s)
- wood: resin (chiefly consisting of guaiaconic acid)
- gum
- vanillin
- yellow colouring matter
- saponin
- essential oil; bark: saponin-acids
- oxalate of calcium
- resin bitter principle
- Action
- wood: aperient
- diuretic
- sudorific
- depurative
- alterative; resin; sudorific
- diuretic
- alterative
- employed for the treatment of tonsillitis and pharyngitis
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