Guaçatonga ( Casearia sylvestris ) serve para eczemas, sífilis e herpes labial

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Guaçatonga (Casearia sylvestris) is used for eczema, syphilis and cold sores

Guaçatonga is a medicinal plant, also known as buggy herb, and is widely used in the preparation of homeopathic remedies and herbal creams to be used in the treatment of cold sores and thrush, for example.

The scientific name of the guaçatonga is Casearia sylvestris, it can be found in some health food stores.

What is Guaçatonga for:

Guaçatonga is a medicinal plant that has mainly healing, antiseptic, immunostimulating and anti-ulcer action, and can be used to assist in the treatment of:

Lip herpes;
Thrush;
Mycoses;
Stomach ulcers;
Rheumatism;
Inflammations;
Snake and insect bites.

In addition, Guaçatonga can be used to help treat bleeding, swelling in the legs, high uric acid, thrush, arthritis, chest pain, diarrhea and eczema, for example, because it also has a purifying, calming, tonic, diuretic property , stimulating, aphrodisiac, anesthetizing, antispasmodic, anti-hemorrhagic and antipyretic, for example.

Contraindications and side effects:

Guaçatonga is not related to side effects, being considered a safe plant. However, it is important that its use is guided by the doctor or herbalist, since when consumed in high doses it can result in vomiting or diarrhea, for example.

The use of Guaçatonga is not recommended for women who are in the lactation phase or pregnant, because studies carried out on female rats indicated that there was a change in the uterine musculature of these rats. Despite this, the contraindication to the use of this plant by pregnant women still needs further investigation.