Ethnobotanical sample; laxative, purgative of cathartic; seed; brown; round; diameter 2.7 cm.
Donor:
Charles Perez Allen
Collection place:
Guaymas (city), Sonora, Mexico
Collector:
Charles Perez Allen
Collection date:
August 11, 1973
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used as a laxative or purgative of cathartic, depending on dose. One-half of a seed is usually enough for most cases of constipation. grind it up and put it in a glass of warm water, let it sit for five minutes and drink. The Tarasco Indians were the first to use it.