October 11, 2008

SARACA INDICA

Plant Name: SARACA INDICA



English Name: Sorrowless tree

Local Name: Ashoka Tree, Asogam, Jonesia Asoka, Gandhapushpa

Family: Caesalpiniaceae

Uses:
Its use in treatment of excessive uterine bleeding is extensive . And also in dysmenorrhoea and for depression in women. Bleeding from piles is reduced with the plant. It is also useful in internal bleeding, hemorrhoids and also hemorrhagic dysentery.


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