ABSTRACT
Considered abortifacient, antifertility, antiseptic, aperient, aphrodisiac, astringent, calmant, carminative, diuretic, emmenagogue, parasiticide, piscicide, poison, raticide, resolvent, rodenticide, rubefacient, stomachic, suppurative, and vermifuge. Fruit pulp is used as an aphrodisiac and emmenagogue. Pulp is used for tumors in Mexico. Avocado is used for labial tumors in Peru. Pulverized seed used as a rubefacient. Decoction of the seed used locally to relieve toothache. Powdered seed is used for dandruff. Seed oil used for skin eruptions. Rind used as vermifuge and liniment for intercostal neuralgia. Fruit skin considered antiseptic and is used for dysentery and worms. Leaves are chewed to alleviate pyorrhea. Leaf poulticed onto wounds; heated leaves applied to forehead for neuralgia. Leaf juice also considered antiseptic. Leaf decoction taken for diarrhea, sore throat, hemorrhage, and used to stimulate and regulate menstruation. Decoction of the shoots is used for cough. Boiled leaves or shoots of purple-skinned type are used as abortifacient (DAD).
