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tali say ( Indian almond

Folkloric

- Red leaves are used to expel worms.

- Fruit is said to be purgative.

- Leaves mixed with oil are rubbed onto the breast to relieve mammary pain.

- Bark is used for gastric ailments, bilious diarrhea and dysentery.

- The sap of young leaves mixed with the kernel oil has been used for the treatment of leprosy.

- Bark decoction has been used for the treatment of gonorrhea and stomach cramps.

- Leaves are applied to rheumatic joints.

- Juice of young leaves used for scabies and other cutaneous diseases, headaches and colic.

- Leaves macerated in oil has been used for tonsillitis.

- In Sri Lankan folklore, juice of tender leaves used for pains, including headaches.

- In India, the bark is used as a diuretic and cardiotonic; leaves used for headache.

- In Nigeria, leaves macerated in palm oil used for tonsillitis; stems and bark used for sexual dysfunction.

- Seeds have been used for sexual dysfunction.

 

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