Botanical Index No. 299

Coral Bean

erythrina fusca

Medicinal Actions

Analgesic, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antitussive, Diaphoretic, Narcotic

Primary Conditions Treated

Hallucinogen Vermifuge Beriberi Boil Cancer Cold Dermatosis Fever Fracture Headache Hematuria Hepatosis Infection Malaria Migraine Mycosis Pain Rheumatism Toothache Worm Wound

Safety & Contraindications

“Seeds contain the alkaloid erythralin. Erysodine, erysonine, erysopine, erysothiopine, erysothiovine, erysovine, and erythraline are also reported. Those species containing indoles and isoquinolines are classed as narcotics, capable of inducing hallucinogenic stupor”.

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