Steinmetz:Guaiacum

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Guaiacum officinale

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)
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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