Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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(f; SHB); Hypotensive (1; FAD; HHB; SHB); Laxative (f; FAD); Sedative (1; FAD); Splenotonic
(f; SHB); Tonic (f; SHB).

Indications (New Jersey Tea) — Adenopathy (f; SHB); Amenorrhea (f; DEM); Appendicitis
(f; SHB); Asthma (f; FAD); Bite (f; DEM); Bleeding (1; DEM; PHR; PH2; SHB); Blood (f;
DEM); Bronchosis (1; FAD); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Chill (f; PHR; PH2);
Cold (1; DEM; FAD; PH2); Constipation (f; DEM; FAD); Cough (f; DEM); Cramp (f; PH2;
PNC; SHB); Dermatosis (f; DEM); Diabetes (f; DEM); Dysentery (1; FAD); Dyspnea (f;
DEM); Dysuria (f; DEM); Enterosis (f; DEM); Fever (1; FAD; HHB; PH2); Gastrosis (f;
DEM); Gonorrhea (f; PHR; PH2); Hepatosis (f; SHB); High Blood Pressure (1; FAD; HHB;
SHB); HIV (f; SHB); Inflammation (f; SHB); Insomnia (1; FAD); Malaria (f; HHB); Metror-
rhagia (f; SHB); Mucososis (f; SHB); Nervousness (1; FAD); Pertussis (f; FAD); Pulmonosis
(f; FAD; DEM); Respirosis (f; PH2); Snakebite (1; FAD); Sore (f; DEM); Sore Throat (1;
FAD); Splenosis (f; FAD; HHB; SHB); Stomachache (f; FAD); Stomatosis (f; DEM); Swelling
(f; JLH); Syphilis (f; PHR; PH2); Tonsilosis (f; SHB); Toothache (f; DEM); Tuberculosis (f;
DEM); VD (f; DEM); Wound (f; DEM).

Dosages (New Jersey Tea) — 0.05–1.5 ml liquid extract (PNC).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (New Jersey Tea) — Class 1 (AHP). None
known (PHR). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). The
8% tannin could explain about half of the indications.

NIANDO, IPORURU (Alchornea floribunda Muell. Arg.) X

Regrettably, PH2 cites the Duke and Vasquez Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary for some
Amazonian data on a different species or two, called Iporuru, mixing the Amazonian with the
African folklore. We did not find Alchornea floribunda in the Amazon. Still, regrettably, PH2 has
adopted our Amazonian name in the Herbal PDR for an African plant, better and correctly known
as Niando (e.g., in my CRC book, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 1985). I have not accepted the
PDR adoption of my Amazonian name for a useful Amazonian medicine erroneously for a poisonous
African plant. It’s hard for me to see how they made this mistake!

Activities (Niando) — Anesthetic (1; PH2); Anticholinergic (1; PH2); Antidote (f; UPW); Anti-
peristaltic (1; PH2); Antispasmodic (1; JBH); Aphrodisiac (f; CRC; PH2; UPW); Astringent (1;
HH2); CNS Depressant (f; CRC); CNS Stimulant (f; CRC); Ganglioplegic (1; JBH); Hallucinogen
(1; CRC; PH2); Hypertensive (1; UPW); Hypotensive (1; UPW); Intoxicant (f; CRC); Narcotic (f;
CRC); Parasympathomimetic (1; JBH); Spasmogenic (1; PH2); Stimulant (1; PH2); Toxic (fatal)
(f; UPW); Vagolytic (1; JBH; PH2).

Indications (Niando) — Arthrosis (f; PH2); Cold (f; PH2); Cramp (1; JBH); Dermatosis (f; UPW);
Enterosis (f; PH2); Gastrosis (f; PH2); High Blood Pressure (1; CRC; UPW); Low Blood Pressure
(1; UPW); Myalgia (f; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; UPW); Pain (1; PH2); Respirosis (f; PH2); UTI (f;
PH2); Wound (f; UPW).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Niando) — Not covered (AHP; KOM). Drug
considered highly toxic, high doses causing excitation and cramps. In Africa “deaths through
exhaustion have been observed among humans following over-stimulation and hallucination” (PH2).

NIAULI (Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.) +

Activities (Niauli) — Antibacterial (1; JAD; PHR); Antiseptic (1; JAD; PHR; PH2); Circulostim-
ulant (2; PHR; PH2); Fungicide (1; JAD); Rubefacient (2; KOM; PHR); Vulnerary (f; HHB).