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Biology Articles » Botany » Streblus asper Lour. (Shakhotaka): A Review of its Chemical, Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Properties » Table
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| S. no. | Plant part | Traditional uses | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | As an application to unhealthy ulcers and sinuses and as antidote to snake bite (2), in epilepsy and obesity (10) | (2,10) |
| 2 | Stem | Toothache (11) | (11) |
| 3 | Stem bark | Given in fever, dysentery and diarrhea (2,10), stomachache and urinary complaints (11), useful in piles, edema and wounds (10), decoction effective against lymphadema, chylurea and other effects of filariasis (10,12,13) | (2,10–13) |
| 4 | Leaves | Eye complaints (11) | (11) |
| 5 | Milky juice/latex | Antiseptic, astringent, applied to chapped hands and sore feet (2), in pneumonia and swells of cheek (11) | (2,11) |
| 6 | Fruit | Eye complaints (11) | (11) |
| 7 | Seeds | Epistaxis and diarrhea (14) | (14) |
| 8 | Part not specified | Cancer, cholera, colic, diarrhea dysentery and menorrhagia (4), epilepsy and inflammatory swellings (11) | (11) |
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Source: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 June; 3(2): 217–222.
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