BIXA ORELLANA: A REMEDY FOR ECZEMA
BIXA
ORELLANA
BOTANICAL NAME: Bixa orellana Linn
FAMILY: Bixaceae
COMMON NAMES: English:
Annalto, Lipstick tree.
DESCRIPTION: A shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate,
simple , entire, palmately veined, ovate, cordate or truncate at the base,
stipulate. Inflorescence terminal panicle. Flowers white or pink. Fruit a
capsule, each capsule contain about 50 seeds.
DISTRIBUTION: Native of Central America and cultivated
throughout India.
PART USED: Seeds
HOMOEOPATHIC
USES
Leprosy. Elephantiasis.
Eczema.
POTENCY: Mother tincture
and higher.
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