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.