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Bixa orellana

Kingdom
3Plants
Phylum
6Angiospermae
Class
5Malvanae
Subclass
5Malvidae
Phase
2Cistales
Subphase
1Bixaceae
Stage
16
Author

Jan Scholten

Type

Remedy

Chapter

655.51.16

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Family
655.51.16 Bixa orellanaEnglish: Lipstick tree.
Names: Annotta, Arnotta, Orellana, Orleana; Aploppas; Tupi name urucu, annatto, bijol, pimentão doce; Nahuatl achiote (= shrub).
Spanish: Colourados.
Use: American Indians make body paint, dye, especially for the lips, hair, food products, cheeses, fish, salad oil.
Botany: America, pink flowers, bright red spiny fruits, dry and harden to brown capsules, red seeds.
Content: annatto, also called bixin.
Use: colour, flavour, nutrition, drugs.
DD: Chlorum.
Source: Müntz.
MindAttachment versus detachment.
Problems with mother.
Communicative, affectionate, company desires, out going, talkative, loving, caring, warm, friendly, kind and companionship.
Ailments from detachment in their relations, lost relatives, lost love.
GeneralSensation: squeezed.
BodyInfection: fungi.
Head: headaches; sunstroke.
Throat: tonsillitis.
Lungs: pleurisy, apnoea.
Abdomen: diabetes, type 2.
Chest: squeezing, compression.
Rectum: discomfort.
Skin: eczema, elephantiasis, leprosy; burns.
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  • ›2 Cistales
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