Bursera simarouba

Occurrence

Found in Florida, Mexico, Central America, West Indies and tropical regions in America.

Medicinal uses

The twigs in decoction are good for the liver and the thyroid gland, but also aid to weight loss.

An infusion of the woods heals ulcers. Flowers in an infusion and fruit cure diarrhea.

The sap of the plant is used for infected wounds. It helps to treat spider bites. The seeds cure snake bites.

A tea of the leaves can cured tonsillitis, asthma, inflammations of the gums, and of the knee; a cataplasm helps against gangrene and obesity, and accelerates delivery in birth.

The bark is used to cure wounds, stomach disorders, gastrointestinal pain, fever, nosebleed, measles and as depilatory. Particularly fresh bark is applied on burns.

A decoction of the bark is applied to the body 3 times a day causing a peeling of the skin. The same decoction is taken internally for stomach cancer.

A decoction taken orally is applied for gastric ulcer; half a cup is taken twice a day for 9 days, it is taken before breakfast and in the afternoon.

"Bursera simarouba, with photosynthetizing green bark" by Vilseskogen is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.