Condurango – Condor Vine

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried bark of the aerial central stems of the plant, Marsdenia condurango Reichenb. fil., which grows on the western slopes of the Cordilleras, in the frontier areas of Ecuador and Peru. N.O. Asclepiadaceae.

The main indications are:

Ulcerations in cancer, syphilis and lupus. Telangiectasis.

In the 1870’s, Condurango was brought to Europe from Ecuador as a “safe cancer remedy”. However it has not fulfilled the promises made for it. Condurango has only had incomplete provings; it has proved valuable in many cases, clinically, in- cluding large growths and epitheliomas.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Marsdenia cundurango, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for condurango: cracks and ulcers of the lips and rectum; inflammation and constriction of the oesophagus.