Oroxylum indicum Vent has medicinal value

Scientific Name Oroxylum indicum Vent
Family Bignoniaceae

Used Part Bark

Distribution Area Found throughout the greater part of India up to an altitude of 1,200 m.

Common Uses . The root bark is a well known drug in Ayurvedic system and is prescribed fresh. The root bark is tonic and astringent and useful in diarrhoea and dysentery; it is diaphoretic and is used in rheumatism. Boiled in sesamum oil, it has been recommended for otorrhoea. Tender fruits are refreshing and stomachic and the seeds purgative. In Malaya, a decoction of the leaves is given in stomach ache and rheumatism; the leaves are used externally or enlarged spleen, headache and ulcers.

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