Botanical Index No. 467

Grains-of-paradise

aframomum melegueta

Medicinal Actions

Climacteric, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Asthma Backache Bite Bleeding Cancer Childbirth Constipation Earache Enterosis Fever Fracture Gas Gastrosis Gonorrhea Headache Impotence Infection Pain Schistosomiasis Snakebite Sore Tapeworm Toothache VD Worm Wound Yaws

General Dosage

“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”).

Safety & Contraindications

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects — Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”). Pungent principles may irritate gastric and urinary tracts. High oxalic content of the seed may induce cardiopathy. Antimalarial tests proved negative. Abreu and Noronha remind us that the pungent principles have antifeedant, antischistosomal, antiseptic, antitermite, and molluscicidal properties.