PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Frutos, hojas y corteza.

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: Astringente, antidiarreico, calmante.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Acido triterpenos y saponósidos; las semillas flavonoides y saponósidos. Las hojas y la corteza contienen taninos, trazas dealcaloides isoquinoleínicos.

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA= Geografical zone: Asia

Leaf: Decoction used for flushing bile from the system.

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Range. Native to temperate East Asia, also warmer climates including Indo-China (Cambodia). Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Bark: Used as a remedy for diarrhea.

Leaf: Used for scorpion stings.

Leaf, Fruit: Used as a laxative and blood purifier.

Fruit: Considered to be pectoral.

Root: Used for fever.
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Origin

Throughout India and in the outer Himalayas up to 1,350 m.

Action:

Fruits—wild var.: astringent, anodyne, cooling, stomachic, styptic. Ripe and dry cultivated var.: mild laxative, expectorant.

Seeds—antidiarrhoeal.

Kernels— antispasmodic, sedative, antiemetic.

Leaves—astringent and diaphoretic.

Stem bark—astringent, used in diarrhoea.

Root bark—juice purgative, externally applied to rheumatic inflammations and gout.

Leaves and twigs—paste applied to abscesses, boils and carbuncles and in strangury.

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Origin

Native to North China. Also found in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, up to 1,950 m, eastwards to West Bengal.

Action:

Fruit—a nourishing, tonic, emollient, antitussive, antiallergic; protects liver and prevents stress ulcer formation.

Seed—used for dry cough and skin eruptions.

Kernel—used in insomnia.

Bark—used for ulcers and wounds.

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