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The Greenman Alchemist

Palo Verde

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Parkinsonia aculeata, also known as Jerusalem Thorn:

  • Antipyretic, diaphoretic, and abortifacient: Used for centuries in traditional medicine
  • Antibacterial, hepatoprotective, antifertility, and anti-diabetic: Recent research indicates these uses
  • Treat fever, atony, and malaria: Leaf, fruit, and stem decoctions are taken orally and applied externally
  • Treat rheumatism: Flower and leaf extractions in alcohol are applied as a poultice
  • Antispermatogenic: Ethanol extract of stem bark
  • Antimalarial: Flowers and leaves
  • Hypoglycemic: Aqueous fraction of aerial part and bark
  • Anti-inflammatory: Has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties
The shrubby tree can grow to 3-10 m tall and has smooth yellow greenish bark. It's native to the southern half of Texas, west to Arizona, south through Mexico and Central America to northern South America.

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