October 10, 2008

MAGINOLIA GRANDI FLORA

Plant Name: MAGINOLIA GRANDI FLORA

English Name: Southern Magnolia

Local Name:

  • Bracken's Brown Beauty
  • Longevity
  • Magnolia,Southern, Magnoliaceae.
  • Perennial,
  • Southern Magnolia

Family: Magnoliaceae. Longevity:, Perennial


Uses:
The Southern Magnolia’s bark is diaphoretic, stimulant, tonic. It is used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatism. A decoction has been used as a wash and a bath for prickly heat itching[. The decoction has als
o been used as a wash for sores and as a steam bath for treating dropsy[. It is an alcoholic extract of the plant reduces the blood pressure, produces a slight acceleration in respiration but has no action on the heart.

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