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Ignatius bean is found in numerous alternative medicine remedies, primarily homeopathics.
Stem plant
Loganiaceae, Ignatius bean.
Medicinal drug
The seeds, Ignatii semen, are used as a medicinal drug.
Ingredients
Ingredients include toxic alkaloids such as strychnine and brucine.
Effects
Stimulant properties have been attributed to the Ignatius bean.
Indications
In the past the Ignatius bean used, among other things, as a tonic and bitter. Today it is used exclusively in alternative medicine, for example in homeopathy.