Botanical Index No. 78

Banana

musa x paradisiaca

Medicinal Actions

Antiaggregant, Antibacterial, Antibilious, Antidote, arsenic, Antihistaminic, Antioxidant, Antiscorbutic, Antiseptic, Antistress, Antiulcer, Astringent, Cardiodepressant, Depurative, Detoxicant, Diuretic, Ecbolic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hemopoietic, Hypertensive, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Hypotensive, Immunodepressant, Immunostimulant, Memorigenic, Narcotic, Prebiotic, Tonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Antacid opium Aperitif Aphrodisiac Hallucinogen Hemostat Vasoconstrictor Vermifuge Vulnerary Abscess Acid Stomach Amenorrhea Anasarca Anemia Anorexia Atherosclerosis Ascites Asthma Bacteria Biliousness Bite Bleeding Blister Bronchosis Bronchocoele Burn Cancer colon nose skin stomach Cardiopathy Celiac Chest Ache Childbirth Cholera Colitis Constipation Corn Debility Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dropsy Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Edema Enterosis Epilepsy Fever Fungus Gastrosis Gingivosis Gonorrhea Gout Headache Heartburn Hematuria Hemiplegia Hemorrhoid High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Hyperglycemia Hysteria Immunodepression Impotence Infection Inflammation Itch Jaundice Leprosy Leukoderma Leishmaniasis Low Blood Pressure Malaise Malaria Marasmus Menorrhagia Migraine Morning Sickness Mycosis Nephrosis Neurosis Ophthalmia Osteoporosis Otosis Pain Pertussis Pharyngosis Pulmonosis Rheumatism Rhinosis Ringworm Scabies Shingles Smallpox Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Sprue Sting Stomachache Strangury Stress Stroke Swelling Thirst Toothache Tuberculosis Ulcer Uremia Urticaria Uterosis Vaginosis VD Vomiting Wart Water Retention Worm

General Dosage

100–200 g leaf/1000 ml water for topical inflammation.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered.“Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. Amines may trigger migraine. High incidence of myocardial fibrosis in tropics may result from chronic ingestion. Stem juice, but not fruits, reportedly ecbolic and emmenagogue.

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