Origin

Jammu & Kashmir and Garhwal.

Action:

Stem bark—used in cough, dyspnoea, hiccup, stomatitis, rheumatism. (The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India.)

Stems and thorns—hypoglycaemic.

Bark— used for cleaning teeth, also for treating diarrhoea.

Fruits, seeds, bark—carminative, antispasmodic, anthelmintic.

Fruits and seeds— used as a tonic in fever, dyspepsia and skin diseases.

Essential oil of the fruit—antibacterial, antifungal and deodorant. Used in tooth powders.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 726.