Traditional Uses
C. tiglium is one of the 50 fundamental herbs of used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name bā dòu (Chinese: 巴豆). C. tiglium is known as Japaala in Sinhala and used in Sinhala traditional medical system of Sri Lanka.
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