Ingredient Lodhra
Benefits:
- Lodhra reduces fever and cures the spongy gums/bleeding.
- It is useful to treat skin diseases (such as leprosy), dropsy and liver complaints.
- It has been considered as drugof choice in the treatment ofgynecological disorders.
- Lodhra has been used to cure the menorrhagia, leucorrhea (excessive discharge from vagina) and other menstrualdisorders. It is also useful in abortions and miscarriages and for ulcers of vaginal.
- The bark is astringent, expectorant, antiinflammatory, febrifuge, haemostatic, stomachic, constipating and suppurative.
- It is useful in eye diseases, spongy and bleeding gums, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy, arthritis, ulcers and tumours.
Geographical Distribution
Symplocos racemosa is a small, evergreen tree, upto 6-8.5 m tall, found in the plains and lower hills throughout North and East India, ascending towards the Himalayas, Bengal, Assam and Chota Nagpur.