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Wood apple |
Scientific name: Aegle marmelos
Useable parts: fruit, flowers, leaves, the bark of root,
Uses:
Dysentery and diarrhoea are cured by by taking 3 – 5 gm dried wood apple powder or young wood apple powder with cold water at 6 hour intervals.
The drink of 30 – 35 gm ripe wood apple taken twice a day at least for 5 – 10 days removes constipation.
3-4 teaspoon essence of leaves taken at 6 hour intervals cures influenza.
The drink of 30 – 35 gm ripe wood apple taken twice a day removes the debility of heart, brain and stomach.
2-3 gm root bark powder taken twice a day with ghee or honey cures spermacrisia (the weakness of semen).
Dropsy and jaundice are cured by taking wood apple with black pepper powder.
Sugar level of blood is lowered by taking the sap of root bark. It also cures pain of heart and stomach.
Doses:
3-5 gm dry wood apple, 30-35 ripe wood apple,
Precaution:
The leaves of wood apple occur abortion and destroy women’s fertility. The bark causes fish-poisoning. It’ tannin creates cancer and lack of nourishment.
