ACACIA (BABOOL, KEEKAR) : used as emollient and as astringent for colds, diarrhoea, haemorrhage and opthalmia. It is supposed to provide some protection against bronchitis and rheumatism.

ACACIA :

COMMON NAMES :

Acacia (Eng.,Lat.,Fr.)
Talha, Saiyyal, Sunt, Funtah, Shok al-Ban (Atab.)
Akakia(Ger.)
Incha Maram (Mal.)
Kikar, Babul (Hindi, Urdu)

BOTANICAL NAME :

Acacia species
(Family : Leguminosae)

PARTS USED : Bark, Gum and Wood

SYSTEM AFFECTED : Digestive and circulatory.

SPECIFIC ACTION : Astringent and anti-diarrhoeal

Botanical Description

A small tree with dark brown or black fissured bark; branch-lets slender, pubescentwhen young, leaves 2-pinnate; petioles 2.5 - 5 cm long, leaflets sub sessile, 10 - 25 pairs, Flowers yellow in globose heads; peduncles axillary. Calyx camanulate 1.2 long. Corolla 3 mm long; lobes short and trianglar. Seeds 8-12

MEDICAL PROPERTIES :

Plant is astringent.

Bark - Decoction is used as a remedy for dysentery and blennorrhagia; helpful in the treatment of diarrhoea and haemorrhage; used as an emollient.

Gum - used as emollient and as astringent for colds, diarrhoea, haemorrhage and opthalmia. It is supposed to provide some protection against bronchitis and rheumatism.

Wood - used as fumigant for rheumatic pains and to protect puerperal mothers from colds and fevers.

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