baleteng baging (INDIAN BANYAN TREE)
Folkloric
- Milky juice used as external application to pains and bruises and for rheumatism and lumbago.
- Heated leaves applied as poultice to abscesses to promote suppuration and discharge of pus.
- Internally, used for dysentery and diarrhea.
- Bark infusion used for diabetes.
- Decoction of bark, which is about 10% tannin, used as astringent lotion in leucorrhea.
- Leaves that have turned yellow used in decoction with toasted rice as diaphoretic.
- Decoction of root-fibers, with or without honey, used for gonorrhea.
- Infusion of small branches used in hemoptysis.
- Tender ends of hanging roots used in obstinate vomiting.
- Young buds, like the milk juice, used as astringent in cases of dysentery and diarrhea.
- Combination of the concentrated juice and fruit used as aphrodisiac; also used in spermatorrhea and gonorrhea.
- For toothaches, latex applied to the tooth or gums.
- Latex also applied to the soles of feet when cracked or inflamed.
- In Kerala, India, bark used in treatment of ulcers, erysipelas, vaginal disorders. Milky juice used for piles and gonorrhea, and applied externally for rheumatic pains and lumbago. Decoction of leaf buds used for hemorrhages. Leaves applied as poultice to abscesses. Aerial roots used for gonorrhea, syphilis, dysentery, and liver inflammation. (20)
- In Ayurveda, used as bowel astringent, for treatment of biliousness, fever, ulcers, erisypelas, vomiting, gynecologic complaints, fever, inflammation and leprosy. Aerial roots used to boost the immune system in various diseases.
- In Unani system of medicine, latex is considered aphrodisiac, tonic, vulnerary, and maturant. Used for inflammation, piles, gonorrhea.
source: staurt xchange
baleteng baging (INDIAN BANYAN TREE)
Folkloric
- Milky juice used as external application to pains and bruises and for rheumatism and lumbago.
- Heated leaves applied as poultice to abscesses to promote suppuration and discharge of pus.
- Internally, used for dysentery and diarrhea.
- Bark infusion used for diabetes.
- Decoction of bark, which is about 10% tannin, used as astringent lotion in leucorrhea.
- Leaves that have turned yellow used in decoction with toasted rice as diaphoretic.
- Decoction of root-fibers, with or without honey, used for gonorrhea.
- Infusion of small branches used in hemoptysis.
- Tender ends of hanging roots used in obstinate vomiting.
- Young buds, like the milk juice, used as astringent in cases of dysentery and diarrhea.
- Combination of the concentrated juice and fruit used as aphrodisiac; also used in spermatorrhea and gonorrhea.
- For toothaches, latex applied to the tooth or gums.
- Latex also applied to the soles of feet when cracked or inflamed.
- In Kerala, India, bark used in treatment of ulcers, erysipelas, vaginal disorders. Milky juice used for piles and gonorrhea, and applied externally for rheumatic pains and lumbago. Decoction of leaf buds used for hemorrhages. Leaves applied as poultice to abscesses. Aerial roots used for gonorrhea, syphilis, dysentery, and liver inflammation. (20)
- In Ayurveda, used as bowel astringent, for treatment of biliousness, fever, ulcers, erisypelas, vomiting, gynecologic complaints, fever, inflammation and leprosy. Aerial roots used to boost the immune system in various diseases.
- In Unani system of medicine, latex is considered aphrodisiac, tonic, vulnerary, and maturant. Used for inflammation, piles, gonorrhea.
source: staurt xchange