asoka (sorrowless tree)
Folkloric
- No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
- Bark used in menorrhagia due to fibroids, leucorrhea and internally bleeding.
- Used for dysmenorrhea.
- Leaf juice, mixed with cumin seeds,, used for stomachaches.
- Bark, seeds, and flowers used in Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine. Early Indian Materia Medica, 1500 AD, mentions the plant as a uterine tonic used for menstrual disorders.
- Flowers used for cervical adenitis, biliousness, syphilis, hyperdipsia, hemorrhagic dysentery, hemorrhoids, and scabies.
- In India, bark used as uterine sedative.
- In Pakistan, used for excessive uterine bleeding.
- Also used for depression.
- Used for internal bleeding, hemorrhoids, hemorrhagic dysentery.
- Bark extract used for menorrhagia.
- Juice of flowers used as coolant against biliousness.
- Bark used as astringent and uterine sedative.
- Used as tonic; also used for rheumatism, skin diseases, and urinary disorders.
- In India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, Ashoka bark is used by women for the treatment of menorrhagia, and other menstrual and uterine disorders. In Ayurveda, used in the treatment of wounds, poisoning, tumors, diarrhea, worm infestation, abdominal swelling. In Unani medicine, used for anorexia, dermatitis, indigestion, animal bites, and as hair tonic. (26)
source: staurt xchange
asoka (sorrowless tree)
Folkloric
- No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
- Bark used in menorrhagia due to fibroids, leucorrhea and internally bleeding.
- Used for dysmenorrhea.
- Leaf juice, mixed with cumin seeds,, used for stomachaches.
- Bark, seeds, and flowers used in Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine. Early Indian Materia Medica, 1500 AD, mentions the plant as a uterine tonic used for menstrual disorders.
- Flowers used for cervical adenitis, biliousness, syphilis, hyperdipsia, hemorrhagic dysentery, hemorrhoids, and scabies.
- In India, bark used as uterine sedative.
- In Pakistan, used for excessive uterine bleeding.
- Also used for depression.
- Used for internal bleeding, hemorrhoids, hemorrhagic dysentery.
- Bark extract used for menorrhagia.
- Juice of flowers used as coolant against biliousness.
- Bark used as astringent and uterine sedative.
- Used as tonic; also used for rheumatism, skin diseases, and urinary disorders.
- In India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, Ashoka bark is used by women for the treatment of menorrhagia, and other menstrual and uterine disorders. In Ayurveda, used in the treatment of wounds, poisoning, tumors, diarrhea, worm infestation, abdominal swelling. In Unani medicine, used for anorexia, dermatitis, indigestion, animal bites, and as hair tonic. (26)
source: staurt xchange