CONGO DR 1963. Red Cross. Strophanthus Sarmentosus. Joint Pain. Sc# 443. MNH
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Availability: 63 in stock
Grade:Ungraded
Quality:Mint Never Hinged/MNH
Country/Region of Manufacture:Congo
Topic:Red Cross
Place of Origin:Congo
Type:Postage
Region:Congo
Certification:Uncertified
Color:Multi-Color
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The numerous local medicinal uses of S. sarmentosus include treatment of joint pain, head lice, eye conditions and venereal disease. The plant has also been used as arrow poison. Botanist John Baldwin discovered that Strophanthus sarmentosus was a natural source of the steroid hormone cortisone and was used in the early manufacture of cortisone-based drugs.