CASIA ALATA
description & usage
It is cosmpolitan in the tropics, met with all over Bengal and many other parts of India. This shrub has beautiful yellow colour flower and medium sized pod.
Uses :
Ringworm, skin diseases.
How to Use:
Leaves bruished into a paste with an equal weight of simple oinment or Borax is a specific for ringworm and similar other skin affections ; to be more effective it should be mixed with a little lime juice or common salt ; or the juice of the leaves mixed with a little lime juice, makes an equally efficacious application. The drug is used in snake-bite also.
Parts Used:
Leaves
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Parasiticide, purgative
Uses :
Ringworm, skin diseases.
How to Use:
Leaves bruished into a paste with an equal weight of simple oinment or Borax is a specific for ringworm and similar other skin affections ; to be more effective it should be mixed with a little lime juice or common salt ; or the juice of the leaves mixed with a little lime juice, makes an equally efficacious application. The drug is used in snake-bite also.
Parts Used:
Leaves
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Parasiticide, purgative