Fruit: Anthelmintic, purgative, vomitive.

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Origin

Found throughout India in scrub-jungles and waste places.

Action:

Bitter fruits—blood purifier (used in the treatment of skin diseases); germicidal; appetizer, laxative (used in bilious disorders); hepatoprotective.

Root and seed—anthelmintic, antifebrile.

Whole plant—antipyretic.

Root— cathartic.

Leaves—used externally in alopecia.

1) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 673.