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Citrullus colocynthis
When the fruit is ripe its pulp dries to form a powder used as a bitter medicine and drastic purgative. ... regions, contains a fixed oil. Folk Medicine Considered cathartic, ecbolic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, hydragogue, purgative, and vermifugal, the colocynth is used for amenorrhea, ascites, bilious disorders, cancer, fever, ...
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Croton tiglium
Internally, it is a drastic, very rapid purgative or cathartic; applied externally to the skin, it is a powerful local irritant, ... Bruised root applied to cancerous sores and carbuncles. Seeds contain one of the most purgative substances known; also quite vesicant; once used as emmenagogue. Homeopathically used for gastroenteritis, ...
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The Desert Route From India
Doughty says that 'little indeed and even the leaf is a most vehement purgative; they say it will leave a man ...
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