Symplocos Racemosa

• Botanical Name : Symplocos Racemosa
• Family Name : Symplocaceae
• Common Name : Symplocos Bark
• Part Used : Bark
• Habitat : It is found in the plains and lower hills of north and east india and in himalayas upto 1,400-m altitude.
• Product offered : Bark

Uses : Bark is astringent, refrigerant, ophthalmic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, hypothermic, astringent, depurative, febrifuge, haemostatic, stomachic and suppurative. Bark is used to treat haemorrhage, acne and pimples, eye diseases, spongy and bleeding gums, leucorrhea, wounds, ulcers, tumors, leprosy, skin diseases, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy, arthritis, fever, menstrual disorders, liver diseases, menorrhagia, diarrhea, dysentery, and bowel complaints. A decoction of the bark or wood is used as a gargle for giving firmness to spongy and bleeding gums. It is one of the constituent of a plaster used to promote maturation of boils and other malignant growth.