Dried seeds of Voacanga Africana

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How to use Voacanga africana for treatment?
African Voacanga bark powder can be used as a decoction at a rate of 15 grams of bark per liter of water.
Mainly used as a stimulant, the grated root of African Voacanga is also prepared as a decoction.
It is used in traditional medicine for its cardiotonic and aphrodisiac properties.
Indeed, the root of Voacanga africana would reduce erectile dysfunction (sexual weakness and premature ejaculation).
The medicinal virtues of the tree are such that hundreds of tons of Voacanga africana seeds are exported from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon and Congo for use by French and German pharmaceutical companies.
Voacamine and voacangine are two chemicals isolated from the trunk bark and roots of the Voacanga tree.
These have anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and hypotensive properties that help reduce blood pressure.
In Mali, Voacanga africana integrates traditional pharmacopoeia in the treatment of high blood pressure.
Traditional practitioners also consider the bark of the tree for its anti-ulcer properties.
Virtues shared by the fruits and leaves of Voacanga africana.
Several medical studies have themselves attested to these properties.
The bark of Voacanga africana contains tabersonine which helps reduce the formation of lesions in the digestive tract (stomach and duodenum).
Tabersonine plays both a preventive and curative role, since it helps reduce ulcers and prevent their appearance.
Local traditional healers (shamans) prescribe the leaves and bark of Voacanga Africana to reduce inflammation and relieve mental disorders. A decoction prepared from the boiled root is used for painful hernia, dysmenorrhea, heart disorders (spasm, angina), and blennorrhea. But, beyond local beliefs, the effects of the molecules of this root on the human brain could above all protect it from the degeneration produced by Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.