Botanical Index No. 953

Sodom’s Milkweed

calotropis procera

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Antiaggregant, Antibacterial, Anticancer, Antifeedant, Antifertility, Antiimplantation, Antiinflammatory, Antiodontalgic, Antisialagogue, Antispasmodic, Antisyphilitic, Antitumor, Candidicide, Cardiodepressant, Cardiotonic, Carminative, Contraceptive, Dermatitigenic, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Emetic, Expectorant, Fibrinolytic, Fungicide, Hypertensive, Inebriant, Infanticide, Insecticide, Lactagogue, Larvicide, Laxative, Ovicide, Pediculicide, Piscicide, Proteolytic, Respirastimulant, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic, Elephantiasis

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Aperitif Aphrodisiac Dentifrice Depilatory Poison Rubefacient Vermifuge Anorexia Asthma Bacteria Bite Boil Cancer abdomen colon epidermis nose pharynx Candida Caries Catarrh Childbirth Cholera Cold Conjunctivosis Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Dermatosis Diarrhea Dysentery Dyspepsia Earache Enterosis Epilepsy Fever Fit Fungus Gas Gonorrhea Gout Guinea Worm Headache Hemorrhoid Hysteria Impotence Indigestion Infection Inflammation Leprosy Lice Low Blood Pressure Lupus Malaria Migraine Mycosis Ophthalmia Pain Pharyngosis Rheumatism Rhinosis Salmonella Shigella Snakebite Sore Sprain Stomachache Swelling Syphilis Thrombosis Toothache Tumor Ulcerous Tumor VD Wart Water Retention Worm Wound Yaw Yeast

General Dosage

200–600 mg bark as a diaphoretic and expectorant, 2–4 g as emetic.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Dangerous

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