Bwa-yo - Société Audubon Haiti

210 Medicinal Uses
SPECIES MEDICINAL USES
Bixa orellana Headache: leaf, applied to forehead. Mouth/throat infection: leaf decoction, gargle.
woukou Asthma: root decoction, taken orally. Fever: macerated seed decoction, taken orally.
Dysentery, kidney infection: pulp surrounding seed, astringent drink.
Blighia sapida Fever, cold, intestinal worms: leaf tea, taken orally.
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Bocconia frutescens Jaundice: roots blended wI wann water, taken orally.
bwa jonis, bwa kok denn
Bontia daphnoides Insect bite: macerated leaf and fruit wI alcohol. Herpes: resin. Swollen tissue: flower
doliv bata, mang mawon decoction or fruit oil extract, massage. Ulcer, sore: leaf, flower and fruit decoction, wash.
Bucida buceras Fever: bark and leafdecoction, taken orally.
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Bunchosia glandulosa Amenorrhea, menstrual pain: leafinfusion, taken orally. Asthma, bronchitis: leafjuice,
bwa kaka, bwa poulet taken orally. Rheumatism: leafbath.
Bursera simaruba Toothache, abscess, swollen glands, chest pain: sap or terminal shoot, applied in natural
gomye form as a compress. Fever: bark tea, taken orally. Digestive tract ailments, urethritis:
macerated bark or root, taken orally. Kidney stones, diarrhea, lung infection: resin, taken
orally. Gangrene: leaf compress. Snakebite: macerated seed in aqueous resin, applied to bite.
Byrsonima crassifolia Fever, diarrhea, menorrhagia: root decoction, taken orally.
Byrsonima spicata Inflammation, ulcer: leafdecoction, applied externally. Dysentery, bronchitis, cough: fruit,
liann kolik, liann towo, towo root and bark decoction, taken orally.
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Caesalpinia bonduc Asthma, mental distress: leafdecoction, taken orally. Fever, intestinal worms: pulverized
grenn kinik, kanik, kinik, ,seed infusion, taken orally.
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Caesalpinia ciliata Convulsion, venereal disease: seed kernel decoction, taken orally.
kanik, kinik, kinik jon, wawi
Caesalpinia coriaria Diarrhea: fruit cut in small pieces, prepared in an infusion, taken orally. Throat infection:
divi divi, gwatapana fruit decoction gargled. Skin disease, wound: bark, leaf and green fruit infusion, wash. Fever:
powdered dry seed, taken orally. Stomach ache: leaf and shoot decoction, taken orally.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima Fever: root decoction, taken orally. Liver infection: leafcooked, taken orally. Canker sore:
fransilad leaf decoction, gargled or mouth wash. Bronchial infection, erysipelas, measles, wound:
ground leafand flower decoction, take orally or applied.
Caesalpinia vesicaria Diarrhea: bark, roasted and powdered, taken orally.
Calophyllum calaba Blood pressure, liver disorders: leaf decoction, taken orally. Swollen glands, abscess: latex
damari or terminal shoot, applied externiUly. Skin itch: bathe with crushed leaves. Burn: resin,
applied to bum. Hernia: resin, taken orally. Skin infection: seed oil lotion.
Calotropis procera Blood pressure: leaf infusion, taken orally. Leprosy, elephantiasis, syphilis: root, bark and
koton swa latex application. Intestinal worms, toothache: bark and latex, taken orally. Depilatory:
latex.
Cameraria latifolia Blood disorders: leafor macerated root decoction wI salt, taken orally or as a bath. Rotten
bwalet tooth: latex, applied to fracture tooth.
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Cananga odorata NB: Plant has properties that lower blood pressure; used as an antiseptic and source of essential
ilanilan oil used in cosmetics (Liogier, 1990).
Canella winterana Rheumatism: macerated bark in alcohol, massage. Fever, abortive: bark decoction, taken
kanel orally.
Capparis cyanophallophora Skin diseases, herpes: root decoction, applied externally. Edema, intestinal worms: root
bwa dajan, bwa kaka decoction, taken orally.
Capparis ferruginea Venereal disease: leaf decoction, taken orally. Thrush: leaf decoction, gargled. Skin diseases,
bwa senegal herpes: strong leafdecoction, applied externally. Nerve disorders: flower tea, taken orally.
Hysteria, shock, mourning: root bath.
Capparis flexuosa Skin diseases, herpes: strong leafdecoction, applied externally. Spasm: fruit decoction, taken
bwakaka orally.