Medicinal Uses

Heartwood of Akil is used for perfume manufacture and also as stimulant, carminative and for treating skin diseases and headache. Heartwood oil is used in the treatment of wounds, ulcers, ringworm, chronic skin and asthma.

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Medicinal Uses

Oil from the seeds is used for treating muscle spasm, varicose vein and wounds. Leaves are used for anti-stress and anti-fatigue treatments and for insect bites. Leaf preparations have hypotensive, soothing and emollient effects.

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Medicinal Uses

Bark is used for treating spleen and liver diseases, tumour and abdominal complaints.

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Medicinal Uses

Wood is used in the treatment of inflammation, filarial, glandular diseases, fever, breathlessness and hiccups. Bark is used for treating diarrhea, dysentery. Wood oil from heartwood is antiseptic, blood purifier and used in the treatment of skin diseases.

Medicinal Uses

Fruit is used in the treatment of digestion issues, bowel cleansing and food poisoning. Seed is useful in treating inflammation, skin diseases, anti-aging, rejuvenative, asthma, cough, cold, diabetes, urinary tract disorder and piles.

Medicinal Uses

Leaves have antifungal and antimicrobial properties. Leaves and bark are used in treatment of cutaneous affections, skin desases and preganancy related issues

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Medicinal Uses

The plant has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, and anti-hypertensive properties. Also used for the treatment of human immunodeficiency. Bark is used to treat dysentery and diarrhoea.

Medicinal Uses

Oil extracted from the stem, bark and leaves is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic and anti-oxidant. Camphor is used for treating pneumonia, inflammation and infections. Topical applications act as pain-relieving and counter-irritant.

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Medicinal Uses

Gum resin from roots is antispasmodic, carminative, expectorant, stimulant, vermifuge and sedative. Used in the treatment of hysteria, bronchitis, asthma and whooping coughs. It also thins blood and lowers blood pressure.

Medicinal Uses

Bark is used in the treatment of cough, asthma, intoxication, worms, abscess, deafness, vaginal pain, ear ache, diarrhoea and dysentery. Oil used for treating boils, blisters, skin disease, worms and wounds.

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Medicinal Uses

Seed is anti-pyretic. Leaves and root are used in the treatment of mental illness and dysentery. Bark used as clothing in ancient times.

Medicinal Uses

The plant has antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic and analgesic properties. Leaves are used in the treatment of skin diseases and malaria. Young leaves are used for treating toothache. Fruit is an insect repellent.

Medicinal Uses

Puskarmoolam is an aromatic tonic, febrifuge and expectorant with anti-inflammatory, carminative, diuretic and antiseptic properties. Used in the treatment of heart diseases, respiratory diseases like asthma, bronchitis and cough.

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Putranjiva promotes fertility in both men and women. Seeds are used for treating dysuria, semen disorders, infertility, azoospermia and habitual abortions, and also as an aphrodisiac. Leaves are used to treat inflammatory and eye diseases.

Medicinal Uses

Wood is used for treatment of leprosy and boils. Bark is used for treating vata disorders such as sciatica and hemiplegia. Root is used for treating diarrhea and dysentery. Heart wood is used for treating herpes, vitiligo and fever.

Medicinal Uses

Dried leaves, heartwood and bark are used in the treatment of malaria, colitis, diarrhea, dysentery, ulcer and rheumatoid arthritis. Leaves and bark are astringent, antiparasitic and used for treating digestion and as menstrual stimulant.