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Calotropis gigantea

• Family
  Asclepiadaceae
   
  
• Synonyms
  Giant milk weed, French: Arbre à soie, Indian: Moto-aak
   
  
• Occurrence
  East India and Indochina, Malaysian archipelago, southern part of China
   
  
• Medicinal drug
  Root bark
   
  
• Effect
  In homeopathic dilution probably regulative effect on the satiety centre in the brain, reduction of appetite
   
  
• Application
  Asian traditional medicine: Elephantiasis, gout, rheumatism, asthma, cardiac agent, weight problems
   
  
• e.g. contained in:
  Cefamadar^®