Parts | Form | Name of the Medicinal system where it is used | Used for | References |
Root | Infusion of the roots | Ethnomedicine of Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast and Turkey | Used as stomachic to treat diabetics, ulcer; used as laxative to treat jaundice. | [16] [21] [22] |
The juice of the roots | Ethnomedicine of Nepal | To treat cuts, wounds and boils. | ||
Infusion of the roots | Malaya’s Indian ethnomedicine | Treatment of syphilis. | ||
Extract of roots | Indian ethnomedicine | Used for demulcent and emollient action. | ||
Leave | Leaves | Latin America | Remedies for tumour. | [16] [21] |
Extract of leaves | Indian ethnomedicine | Extract of leaves mixed with egg albumin and applied on hair, which makes black and silky hair. | ||
Flower | The decoction of the flowers | Indian ethnomedicine | Used for the treatment of bronchitis and pneumonia. | [17] [28] |
Fruit | Infusion of the fruit mucilage | Indian ethnomedicine | For treating dysentery and diarrhoea in acute inflammation and irritation of the stomach, bowelsand kidneys catarrhal infections, ardour urinae, dysuria, diuretic, antipyretic, plasma replacement and gonorrhoea. | [16] [18] [19] [20] |
A decoction of immature fruit | Indian ethnomedicine | Used for demulcent and emollient poultice. | ||
Seed | Seeds | Indian ethnomedicine | Use as antispasmodic, cordial and stimulant; To treat spermatorrhoea. | [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] |
Infusion of the roasted seeds | Indian ethnomedicine | Has a sudorific property. | ||
Infusion of the roasted seeds | Turkish folk medicine | To treat diabetes mellitus by increased blood glucose level. | ||
Seeds | Latin America | Remedies for tumor. |