Erythrina variegata (Coral Tree) Bark 5X

Indian coral tree

In the South Pacific in Pohnpei, the leaves are reportedly used to make a drink to cure curses and the smoke from smoldering leaves bark or roots is inhaled for the same purpose. In Yap, the leaves and bark are reportedly used as a potion to treat stomachache. In Tonga, the bark is mixed with other soothing plants to treat stomachache. In Samoa, the leaves are occasionally used to treat eye ailments and the bark is applied to swellings. In India, China, and Southeast Asia, the bark and leaves are used in many traditional medicines including one said to destroy pathogenic parasites and relieve joint pain; the juice from the leaves is mixed with honey and ingested to treat tapeworm roundworm and threadworm in India; women take this juice to stimulate lactation and menstruation; it is commonly mixed with castor oil to treat dysentery; a warm poultice of the leaves is applied externally to relieve rheumatic joints; and the bark is used as a laxative diuretic and expectorant. It is said to be a powerful relaxant and moderate pain killer.  This is a potent 5 to 1 powdered extract meaning that one gram of extract is equal in potency to 5 grams of herb.