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Oroxylum indicum Vent has medicinal value
By Ashwani Kumar | November 9th 2009 12:49 AM | 1 comment | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
Scientific Name Oroxylum indicum Vent
Family Bignoniaceae

Used Part Bark

Distribution Area Found throughout the greater part of India up to an altitude of 1,200 m.

Common Uses . The root bark is a well known drug in Ayurvedic system and is prescribed fresh. The root bark is tonic and astringent and useful in diarrhoea and dysentery; it is diaphoretic and is used in rheumatism. Boiled in sesamum oil, it has been recommended for otorrhoea. Tender fruits are refreshing and stomachic and the seeds purgative. In Malaya, a decoction of the leaves is given in stomach ache and rheumatism; the leaves are used externally or enlarged spleen, headache and ulcers.

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Ashwani Kumar's picture
Thanks I would strive to gather more details and about other plants also. Plants provide food, medicine and shelter and oil and life.

Ashwani Kumar | 11/09/09 | 05:45 AM

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