FICUS BENGALENSIS
description & usage
This well-known tree is wild in the Lower Himalayas and is now found all over India. The banyan tree is perennial and seeds are very small in size.
Uses:
Sores & ulcers, in rheumatism and lumbago.
How to Use:
Milky juice and seeds or fruit are useful as external application to pains and bruises, sores & ulcers, in rheumatism and lumbago, to the soles of the feet when cracked or inflamed, and to the teeth and gums for toothache. Root-fibres in the form of decoction with or without the addition of honey resemble sarasparilla in action ; they are useful in gonorrhoea. Infusion of young buds is useful in cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. Concentrated juice in combination with fruit is an aphrodisiac and also is of mech value in spermatorrhoea and gonorrhoea. Slender twigs of the tree forms a good toothbrush, and it will strengthen the gums and teeth.
Parts Used:
Leaves, fruit, flowers
Taste:
Astringency
Action:
Astringent, aphrodisiac, tonic
Uses:
Sores & ulcers, in rheumatism and lumbago.
How to Use:
Milky juice and seeds or fruit are useful as external application to pains and bruises, sores & ulcers, in rheumatism and lumbago, to the soles of the feet when cracked or inflamed, and to the teeth and gums for toothache. Root-fibres in the form of decoction with or without the addition of honey resemble sarasparilla in action ; they are useful in gonorrhoea. Infusion of young buds is useful in cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. Concentrated juice in combination with fruit is an aphrodisiac and also is of mech value in spermatorrhoea and gonorrhoea. Slender twigs of the tree forms a good toothbrush, and it will strengthen the gums and teeth.
Parts Used:
Leaves, fruit, flowers
Taste:
Astringency
Action:
Astringent, aphrodisiac, tonic