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2. Abuta is used for acne, asthma, dog bites, snake bites, boils, bronchitis, burns, chills, cholera, colds, colic, convulsions, coughs, cystitis, delirium, diabetes, diarrhea, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, erysipelas, and fertility in women. Abuta is also used orally for fevers, hematuria, hemorrhage, hypertension, itching, jaundice, leukorrhea, malaria, menorrhagia, nephritis, palpitation, parturition, purgative, rabies, rheumatism, sores, stimulating menstrual flow, stomachache, venereal diseases, wounds, a diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, styptic, tonic, for eye infections, nervous children, toothaches, and as an aphrodisiac. http://www.amazondiscovery.com/Abuta.h tml

3. Acacia bark powder is used for diarrhea, inflammation, dysentery, colitis, bleeding, dyspepsia, osteoarthritis and cancer. Acacia catechu is also used as an antifertility drug. Topically, acacia catechu is used for skin diseases, hemorrhoids, traumatic injuries, to stop bleeding, and for dressing wounds. Acacia catechu is included in mouthwashes and gargles for gingivitis, stomatitis, pharyngitis and oral ulcers. In foods and beverages, acacia catechu is used as a flavoring agent. http://www.amazondiscovery. com/AcaciaCatechu.html

4. Alder buckthorn is used as a laxative, as a tonic, and as a component in the Hoxsey cancer formula. http://www.amazondiscovery.com/Alder Buckthorn.html

5. Alfalfa is used as a diuretic, for kidney conditions, bladder and prostate conditions, menopausal symptoms, asthma, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, indigestion, and thrombocytopenic purpura. It is also used orally as a source of vitamins A, C, E, and K4; and minerals calcium, potassium, phosphorous, and iron. http://www.amazondiscovery.com/A lfalfa.html

6. The heart of the plant is very rich in saccharine matter and can be eaten when baked. Sweet and nutritious, but rather fibrous. Seed - ground into a flour and used as a thickener in soups or used with cereal flours when making bread. Flower stalk - roasted. Used like asparagus. Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup or fermented into pulque or mescal. The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem. http://www.amazondiscovery.com/A gave.html