Category: bark

Jujube

Title:Botanical Name:Zizyphus jujube,Bayar(Nepal)


Purpose:

The bark is useful in arresting secretion or bleeding. The fruit purifies the blood and aids digestion.

Mental Retardation
Zizyphus is beneficial in the treatment of mental retardation. A handful of the dry fruit is boiled in half a litre of water till it is reduced to half. Sugar or honey can be added to taste and given daily at night before retiring. It increases the functioning of the brain by releasing more glutamic acid into the bloodstream

Colds and Influenza
Zizyphus is useful in preventing frequent attack of colds and influenza. A teaspoon. Of the fresh juice of the fruit can be taken with a pinch of pepper once daily for preventing colds.

Stomach Disorders
The bark can be used for treatment diarrhoea and colic. The infusion of the inner covering of the bark is used as a purgative in constipation.

Piles 
Fresh baked leaves are useful in piles. The leaves are barked by placing them over the covered mouth of vessel with water boiling. The leaves are covered with another plate to prevent steam from escaping. Those baked leaves are pounded with some castor oil. This warm poultice can be applied over the piles. The process should be repeated twice daily for a week.

Mouth Disorders
Infusion of the fresh and tender leaves, mixed with salt is a useful gargle for sore throat, relaxed uvula, inflammation of the mouth, bleeding from gums and cracked tongue due to excessive consumption of sour fruits.

Skin Disorders
A paste of the leaves and twigs can be applied with excellent result over boils, carbuncles and abcesses to promote suppuration. It can also be applied beneficially over painful boils and styes. This paste, mixed with a teaspoon of lime juice can be applied as a poultice in the treatment of scorpion sting. Infusion of its leaves can be applied as a lotion to wash the wounds and other ulcers.

Conjunctivitis
The leaves are valuable in treating conjunctivitis. An infusion of the leaves should be used as an eye lotion.

Hair Disorder
The paste of its leaves applied over the scalp and hair can keep them clean and prevents scalp diseases. It also lenthens the hair besides darkening them.

 

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Terminalia

Title:Botanical Name:Terminalia Triptera


Purpose:

Available in outskirt area.It helps to prevent diarrhea,inflammation of the throat and difficulty digesting

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Take fruit and the bark the hatch is dried and dried to be used to water.

We can be mixed with Chinese medicine or other medicine that women are given for use while giving birth


Garlic

Title:Botanical Name:Allium sativum,Garlic(Nepal)


Purpose:

In Gastro-intestinal Tract Disorders:-
Carminative (stops gas formation in the GIT), antiflatulent, appetiser, gastric stimulant, digestive, in atonic dyspepsia, gastrointestinal catarrh (inflammation of mucus membrane), piles and others.
2. In Respiratory Tract Disorders
Expectorant in bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary phthisis (wasting of the body), pulmonary tuberculosis, laryngeal tuberculosis, gangrene of lung, whooping cough.
3. Others
Anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, diuretic and febrifuge, rubefacient, counterirritant, antiseptic, anti-rheumatic, anti-tumor, emmenagogue aphrodisiac, in anemia, coryza, cough, dysmenorrhea, weak heart and skin diseases.

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Chebulic Myrobolon

Title:Botanical Name:Terminalia Chebula,Harro(Nepal)

Purpose:

It is Astringent, Purgative, Rejuvenative, tonic, laxative, nervine, expectorant, anthelmintic and alterative and Stomachic. It is useful in asthma, piles and cough. It is also useful in healing of wounds and scalds. It is used as gargle against inflamation of mucous membrane of mouth. It is used in Tanning of leather and purification of petroleum. It helps in smooth evacuation. It is an effective purgative and helps in removing toxins and fats from the body, resulting in their reduced absorption.

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Used in Natural Dye process  in producing clothes and many material

Fruit is used for abdominal problem, headache, bronchitis,and several ayurvedic
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Fruits, Roots, Bark

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Banyan Tree

Title:Botanical Name:Ficus bengalensis, Bar(Nepal)


Purpose:

The bark is tonic, astringent and cooling. The seeds are also considered as cooling and tonic.

The banyan has many medicinal properties. It is used in Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of several ailments. The bark and leaf buds of the tree are useful in arresting secretion or bleeding. The fruit exercises a soothing effect on the skin and mucous membranes, alleviates swelling ad pain, and serve as a mild purgative. It is also nutritious.

Diarrhoea and dysentery:
The leaf buds of the banyan tree are beneficial in the treatment of chronic diarrhoea and dysentery. The buds should be soaked in water overnight and taken as infusion in the treatment of these diasesae. The latex is also useful in the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery.

Piles
Female sterility
Leucorrhoea:
A regular douching of the genital tract with a decoction of the bark of the banyan tree and the fig tree is helpful is helpful in leucorrhoea. A tablespoon each of the powders of the bark of the two trees should be boiled in a litre of water till it is reduced to about half. Douching with the lukewarm decoction will keep the tissues of virginal tract healthy.

Teeth disorders
Skin Disorders
Kibes:
Those who do not wear socks and shoes suffer from cracking of heels, a condition known as kibes. The best way to deal with this condition is to fill the cracks with the sap of the banyan tree.

An infusion of the bark is a specific medicine for diabetes. The tender ends of the aerial roots can be taken in obstinate vomiting.

 

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Bark, milk, leaves, bud and fruit

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Cinammon

Title:Botanical Name:Cinnamomum tamala,Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Tejpat or Dalchini(Nepal)


Purpose:

It help in neuralgia, rheumatism, diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, liver problems, Gas, menorrhagia, bronchitis, colds, hiccup, congestion, edema, flu, toothache and backaches.
Its oil is used T.B. ulcers.

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Leaves are rubbed on the body surface of the scabies affected person

Tejpat and Dalchini taste is good and usually used as a masala in Nepal.It is also used as a mouth freshner.It stops people from vomiting.Its oil is used for teeth too

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Cutch tree

Title:Botanical Name:Acacia catechu Wild,Khayer(Nepal)


Purpose:

Helps in digestion,It is used in when small injury,when hives,and in areas where swollen or dis-function of bone and many more.

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Wood is used as local tea for cough and cold.It is claimed to be effective for treating liver diseases

Healing power and curative properties:
The leaves, the bark, the pods and gum of the tree have medicinal virtues. The leaves and the bark are useful in arresting secretion or bleeding. The pods help remove catarrhal matter and phlegm from the bronchial tubes. The gum allays any irritation of the skin and soothes the inflamed membranes of the pharynx, alimentay canal and genito-urinary organs.

Diarrhoea
The various parts of babul tree are useful in diarrhoea of ordinary intensity. A mixture of equal parts of the tender leaves withwhite and black cumin seeds (Zeera) can be administered in doses of 12 grams, thrice daily. An infusion made of the bark of the tree may also be taken thrice daily for the same purpose. The gum used either in decoction or in syrup, is an effective medicine for diarrhoea.

Teeth disorders:

Chewing of fresh bark of this tree daily, helps strengthen loose teeth and arrest any bleeding from the gums. Dirty teeth can be cleaned effectively by brushing them with a powder in which 60 grams of charcoal of babul wood, 24 grams of roasted alum and 12 grams of rock salt have been included.

Eczema
The bark of babul tree is useful in the treatment of eczema. About 25 grams each of this bark and the mango bark should be boilded in about 1 litre of water and the vapours allowed fomenting the affected part. After the fomentation, the affected part should be anointed with ghee.

Tonsilitis
A docoction of the bark, mixed with rock salt, should be used as a gargle in treating tonsilitis.

Conjuctivitis:
The leaves of babul tree are effective in the treatment of conjuctivitis. The leaves, ground to a paste, should be applied on the affected eyes at night, supported by a bandage which should be untied the next morning. This removes pain and redness.

Epiphora:
The leaves are beneficial in treating epiphora that is watering of the eyes, in which tears flow onto the cheeks due to abnormality of the tear drainage system. About 250 grams of leaves should be boiled in one and a quarter litre of water until only a quarter litre of water is left. This should then be filtered and kept in a well-corked bootle. The eye-lids should be painted morning and evening with this liquid.

Leucorrhoea:
The bark of the tree is useful in lercorrhoea. Its decoction should be used as a viginal douche for treating this disorder.

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