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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Picrasma excelsa |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Picrasma excelsa (Quassia)
| Botanic Name | Picrasma excelsa |
| Common Name | Quassia, Bitter Wood, Jamaica Quassia, Bitter Ash, |
| Family | Simarubaceae |
| Parts Used | Chips or raspings of stem wood, free of bark |
| Habitat | Jamaica (Grieve) |
| Constituents | Bitter
glycosides(quassiin: including picrasmin, quassin) (Mills)
Alkaloids (Mills) |
| Actions | Bitter
tonic (Hoffmann)
Sialagogue (Hoffmann) Anthelmintic (Hoffmann) |
| Applications | Debilitated
digestion and loss of appetite, as in convalescence or cachexia (Mills)
Nematode infestations (Mills) Anorexia nervosa (Hoffmann) Threadworms (Hoffmann) Lice infestations (Externally) (Hoffmann) |
| Body Systems | Digestive |
| Energetics | |
| Dosage | 0.3 – 0.6
gm dried wood tds (Mills)
0.5 – 1 ml tincture tds (Hoffmann) |
| Combinations | Dyspepsia
– Filipendula ulmaria, Althaea officinalis (radix), Humulus
lupulus (Hoffmann)
Anorexia Nervosa – Chamomilla recutita, Arctium lappa |
| C/I Cautions | Preganancy(Bradley) |
| BHP | Atonic dyspepsia with loss of appetite |