Botanical Name: Pilocorpus selloanus
Common Name: Brazilian jaborandi root
Medicinal
Properties: Stimulant, expectorant, sialagogue, antivenomous
This is excellent for breaking up colds, rheumatism, influenza, and Bright's disease. It causes profuse perspiration. Effective in various fevers, diabetes, dropsy, pleurisy, catarrh, and jaundice. An excellent remedy for mumps, taken internally as a tea, and applied externally as a fomentation or poultice to reduce swelling. Fold a cloth three or four thicknesses and dip in hot tea and apply. Very effective in asthma and diphtheria. It will stop hiccoughs. Excellent to stimulate the growth of the hair. Dip the fingers in tea made of the leaves several times a day and massage the scalp thoroughly.
Adopted from Kloss, 1939