CALUMBA (colombo cocculus palmatus miers)

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	CALUMBA
	*colombo cocculus palmatus miers*

Name
CALUMBA

Scientific Name
colombo cocculus palmatus miers

CALUMBA

Other Names:

Calumba

The root of this shrub was used by native African like main remedy against the diarreas and disenterías. When the Portuguese colonized Mozambique and Madagascar, in century XVII, they discovered it and they brought Europe. Today one is in the prepared pharmacies worldwide comprising of diverse.

Habitat: original of the tropical regions of Eastern Africa. Cultivated in South America.

Description: trepador shrub of perennial leaf, of the family of the Menispermáceas, that reaches of 2 to 5 ms of height. The root is very fleshy, and can reach up to 7 cms. of diameter.

Used parts: the root cut in rodajas and dry.

Properties and indications: the root of colombo chemically contains diverse alkaloids similar to the berberina (alkaloid that is in agracejo and to morphine; bitter principles (colombina); and diverse inert substances (pectina, starch and oxalato). It does not contain tannin. Their properties are:

Bitter, aperitive and eupéptico tonic (it facilitates the digestion). One is used in the convalecencia of infectious or debilitating diseases and in dispepsias (bad digestions).

Antidiarreico and intestinal antiseptic, due to its alkaloids.

Use: decocción with 10 or 15 grs. by root crushed (a spoonful) by water cup. To boil during 10 minutes, and to sweeten. They are administered of 6 to 8 daily spoonfuls of the resulting liquid.

Precautions: in high doses it has poisonous effects: nauseas, vomits, intestinal cólicos, and even can cause respiratory shutdown.

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