Box / Colchic boxwood
Buxus colchica
Other names: Box / Colchic boxwood
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This plant carries serious safety risks. All information is for educational reference only.
Safety information
Toxicity: Contains buxine and related steroidal alkaloids — vomiting, convulsions, potentially fatal.
Evidence level
Found in historical texts; limited or no modern study. Folk and historical sources have not been validated by clinical research.
Preparations
This plant carries serious safety risks. All information is for educational reference only.
FLAGGED (no how-to) · leaf/moss/fruit
Part used: leaf/moss/fruit
Traditional use: hemorrhoids (leaf), diabetes (moss), purulent wounds (fruit), diuretic/laxative(Folk and historical sources have not been validated by clinical research.)
Proposed mechanism: buxine and related steroidal alkaloids
Dosage note (descriptive only): documented for record only
Reference only — not a dosage instruction
Associated conditions
Healing traditions
Sources (2)
- MK glossary (ბზა)
- KH lexicon (Buxus colchica)