Dorstenia contrajerva
Central American fig relative whose rhizome was one of the most important medicines in colonial Latin America — used as universal antidote, for snakebite, and fever. Name means 'counter-poison.' Contains furanocoumarins and dorstenin.
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Blood thinners (furanocoumarins), photosensitizing drugs, CYP3A4 substrates.
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Photosensitivity. GI upset.
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