Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
Pharmacy name: dried juice from cuts in the bark – Kino.
Botanical description. Evergreen tree reaching 20 m in height; leaves pinnate; moth flowers, yellowish-white, collected in a panicle. Grows in India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Brazil.
Active ingredients: tannins, kinorot, kinoin.
Application. Since the raw material contains tannins, it is used as a gastric fixative. It is part of the dental elixirs that relieve inflammation of the oral mucosa.
Legumes – Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
Pharmacy name: dried juice from cuts in the bark – Kino.
Botanical description. Evergreen tree reaching 20 m in height; leaves pinnate; moth flowers, yellowish-white, collected in a panicle. Grows in India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Brazil.
Active ingredients: tannins, kinorot, kinoin.
Application. Since the raw material contains tannins, it is used as a gastric fixative. It is part of the dental elixirs that relieve inflammation of the oral mucosa.