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Asvattha రా వి - Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa, Moraceae

1. Wound : 50 gram of peepal stem bark is boiled in 400 ml water till it reduces to 100 ml. This lukewarm decoction is used to wash the  wounds .This is helpful in infected as well as non infected wounds and it facilitates quick healing.  The root bark fine powder of Asvattha is used for dusting over the oozing skin lesions to stop secretion. 2. Mouth ulcer : 5-6 tender shoots  paste of Asvattha is retained in the mouth and chewing for 5-10 minutes is helps to relieve stomatitis. 3. Hyper Pigmentation : Early morning fresh latex of Asvattha is collected and is applied over the skin lesions.  This relieves hyper pigmentation as well as discoloration of the face. 4. Leucorrhoea: 2 ml of fresh latex is added to 100ml of milk and taken early in the morning in empty stomach. This pacifies long persisting non specific leucorrhoea by 20-30 days medication. 5. Colic : Internal administration of 50ml decoction of root bark of Asvatta (10gms of bark pow...