NIANDO IPORURU ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA

NIANDO, IPORURU (Alchornea floribunda Muell. Arg.) X

Regrettably, PH2 cites the Duke and Vasquez Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary for some Amazonian data on a different species or two, called Iporuru, mixing the Amazonian with the African folklore. We did not find Alchornea floribunda in the Amazon. Still, regrettably, PH2 has adopted our Amazonian name in the Herbal PDR for an African plant, better and correctly known as Niando (e.g., in my CRC book, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 1985). I have not accepted the PDR adoption of my Amazonian name for a useful Amazonian medicine erroneously for a poisonous African plant. Its hard for me to see how they made this mistake!

Activities (Niando) :
Anesthetic (1; PH2); Anticholinergic (1; PH2); Antidote (f; UPW); Antiperistaltic (1; PH2); Antispasmodic (1; JBH); Aphrodisiac (f; CRC; PH2; UPW); Astringent (1; HH2); CNS Depressant (f; CRC); CNS Stimulant (f; CRC); Ganglioplegic (1; JBH); Hallucinogen (1; CRC; PH2); Hypertensive (1; UPW); Hypotensive (1; UPW); Intoxicant (f; CRC); Narcotic (f; CRC); Parasympathomimetic (1; JBH); Spasmogenic (1; PH2); Stimulant (1; PH2); Toxic (fatal) (f; UPW); Vagolytic (1; JBH; PH2).

Indications (Niando) :
Arthrosis (f; PH2); Cold (f; PH2); Cramp (1; JBH); Dermatosis (f; UPW); Enterosis (f; PH2); Gastrosis (f; PH2); High Blood Pressure (1; CRC; UPW); Low Blood Pressure (1; UPW); Myalgia (f; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; UPW); Pain (1; PH2); Respirosis (f; PH2); UTI (f; PH2); Wound (f; UPW).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Niando) :
Not covered (AHP; KOM). Drug considered highly toxic, high doses causing excitation and cramps. In Africa deaths through exhaustion have been observed among humans following over-stimulation and hallucination (PH2).