# Tamarind

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Herbal Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Tamarindus indica, Tamarind
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Key Actions: Laxative, Nutritive.
Parts Used: Fruit.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Cautions: May interact with aspirin-type.

## Symptoms by System

### Stomach & Abdomen
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- medicinal uSeS Part used Fruit key actions Laxative • Nutritive constipation Fresh or dried fruit can be made into a pleasant drink and A–z o F heRBAL Remed IeS to treat digestive infections, tonsillitis, thrush and candidiasis, it is used in Brazil as a preventative and adjuvant in cancer treatment (unsupported by research).
- pau d’arco tree taken to help open the bowels and relieve constipation.
- other uses Recent research has found that the fruit increases the availability of ibuprofen in the body , suggesting that it could be used in arthritis to reduce the dosage of aspirin-type medicines.
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