Folkloric Uses of Chico/Sapodilla

Leaves
Treatment for coughs, colds, and
Decoction of the yellowed leaves
diarrhea
Combined decoction of sapodilla and
Used to lower blood pressure
chayote leaves
Used for fever, hemorrhage, wounds,
Decoction of the leaves
and ulcers
Bark
Decoction of bark
Treatment for diarrhea and fever
Making tea out of the bark (Febrifuge)
Was said to halt diarrhea and dysentery
Making a Tonic out of the bark
Used to prevent or alleviate fever
Seeds
> Used as skin ointment;
Seed kernel oil
> Used as dressing for falling hair
> Used as diuretic;
> Effective in removing kidney and
Extraction of liquid from crushed seeds
bladder stones;
> Effective against rheumatism
Fluid extract of crushed seeds
Used as sedative and soporific
Applied to stings and bites from
The paste of seeds
venomous animals
Infusion of seeds
Used as eyewash
Fruits and Flowers
> Treatment for diarrhea;
Decoction of young fruits
> May be used as purgative
Soaking fruit in melted butter overnight Treatment for biliousness and fever
Infusion of young fruits and flowers
Relieves pulmonary complaints
Used to rub the stomach of a woman
Making powder out of the flowers and
after child birth (working as an
added with other ingredients
analgesic to ease the pain)
References:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Chico.html
https://www.academia.edu/7342967/CHAPTER_1_2_and_3
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/sapodilla.html