Solanum paniculatum
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| Solanum paniculatum L. |
Jurubeba (Solanum paniculatum L) is a plant common in almost all of Brazil. It is used as a medicinal plant and has a bitter taste.
An infusion of its stem and its root in sugar cane alcohol (cachaça) is popularly used as an apéritif or a digestif.
Traditional medicine recommends using a tea as a cardiovascular tonic; for stimulating appetite, liver, and spleen; against digestive problems; and for its diuretic, hypoglycemic, antianemic, febrifugal, and cicatrizant properties.
It has also been used for treating infections of the skin, like acne.
