Contents:
Parts Usually Used | Plant(s) & Culture | Where Found | Medicinal Properties
Uses | Formulas or Dosages | How Sold | Warning | Bibliography
Scientific Names
- Hagenia abyssinica L.
Parts Usually Used
Flowers
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Description of Plant(s) and Culture
Don’t go out looking for a kousso tree unless you happen to be in the tablelands of northeastern Ethiopia. The flowers are small and greenish-purple.
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Where Found
Northeastern Ethiopia
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Medicinal Properties
Anthelmintic
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Uses
If taken in proper doses, the flowers have no effect except to eliminate tapeworms.
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Formulas or Dosages
Kousso flowers are obtained in powder form.
Infusion: add 1/2 oz. powder to 1 cup warm water. If the worms have not been expelled after 4 hours, take 1 tbsp. castor oil.
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How Sold
Powdered flowers
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Warning
Excessive doses may cause nausea and vomiting.
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Bibliography
The Herb Book
, by John Lust, Bantam Books, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. copyright 1974.