Celastrus scandens
Bittersweet, staff tree, fever twig.
Family: Celastraceae.
Chemistry: Sulphuric, phosphoric, hydrochloric and nitric acids, natural resin, starch, gum and volatile oils, naphthoquinone, celastrol.
General - Antisyphilitic, indurated tumours and swellings, general weakness, scrophula, anaemia, diaphoretic.
Skin: Swellings, ulcers, disorders of skin.
Gastrointestinal - Emetic, piles, stomach trouble, cathartic.
Liver - Complaints of, jaundice, cholagogue, hepatic obstruction.
Urinary: Diuretic.
Limbs: Rheumatism.
Female - Obstructions of women, swollen breasts