MEDlCINAL PLANTS OF JAMAICA. PARTS 1 & 11.

A common Jamaican weed used to make tea for colic and colds. For the latter purpose it may be mixed with Mimosa pudica. In the Grenadines the leaves and roots are made into a tea for infants with colds and for under-nourished children. Achyranthes spp. are used in Africa for fever, coughs, nausea, pains in the chest and side, and as a diuretic. ................
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