Salvadora persica L.Family: Salvadoraceae
Common Name: Meswak, tooth brush tree, Salt Bush tree,
Arabic: أراك
Assamese: Arak, Irak
Deutch: Zahnbürstenbaum
Gujarati: Peelu, Khareejal
Hausa: Ashuwaki
Hebrew: סלוודורה פרסית
Hindi: मेस्वाक meswak, पिलु pilu
Kannada: ಗೊನಿಮರ gonimara, Kankhina, Genumar
Malayalam: ഉകമരം
Marathi: khakan, पिलु pilu
Persian: اراک (درخت)
Punjabi: Peelu
Russian: Сальвадора персидская
Sanskrit: गुडफल gudaphala, पिलु pilu
Siddha: Perungoli
Sindhi: Khabbar/Jhaar
Tamil: உகாய் ukay
Telugu: గున్నంగి gunnangi
Turkey: Misvak ağacı
Ayurvedic Uses: Asmari, Arsha, Anaha, Gulma, Jvara, Mutrakrucchra, Sarpavisa, Udararoga, Vishavikara, Bastivikara, Apaci, Bhagandara, Naadivrana, Udaravata, Yonivyapat, Dustavrana, Vranasotha, Mukhapaka, Pliharoga, Sarva Kushta.
Fruit—carminative (used in biliousness), deobstruent (used for rheumatism, tumours, splenomegaly), diuretic, lithotriptic. Leaves—decoction used for cough and asthma, poultice in painful piles and tumours; juice in scurvy. Flowers— stimulant, laxative. Applied in painful rheumatic conditions. Seeds—diuretic; purgative; fatty oil applied locally on rheumatic swellings. Root bark—topically vesicant. Bark—emmenagogue, ascarifuge, febrifuge. Biological activity of stem bark—spasmolytic. Plant—anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic, antibacterial.
Leaves are used against chronic fever, heat stroke and against internal pain of bones due to injury or by any means. (Medicinal Plants of Sindh)
The bark of the stem is acrid and used in decoction for low fever and as a stimulant and tonic in amenorrhoea. In Punjab, the shoot and leaves are considered as antidotes for poisons and the juice of the leaves is given for scurvy. In Persia, the fruit is employed as a deobstruent, carminative and diuretic. In Africa, the root bark is used as a remedy for ankylostomiasis and the stem bark for gastritis and as an ascarifuge. The powdered root is applied like mustard plaster and a decoction of the root given for gonorrhoea and vesical catarrh. The leaf is a reputed diuretic. (Medicinal Plants (Indigenous and Exotic) Used in Ceylon)
Unani uses: Mohallile Auram, Mudirre Baul, Muqawwie Meda, Habise Ishal, Nazla, Wajaul Mafasil, Warme Raham, Bawaseer, Zofe Dandan.
Fruit—carminative (used in biliousness), deobstruent (used for rheumatism, tumours, splenomegaly), diuretic, lithotriptic. Leaves—decoction used for cough and asthma, poultice in painful piles and tumours; juice in scurvy. Flowers— stimulant, laxative. Applied in painful rheumatic conditions. Seeds—diuretic; purgative; fatty oil applied locally on rheumatic swellings. Root bark—topically vesicant. Bark—emmenagogue, ascarifuge, febrifuge. Biological activity of stem bark—spasmolytic. Plant—anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic, antibacterial.
Leaves are used against chronic fever, heat stroke and against internal pain of bones due to injury or by any means. (Medicinal Plants of Sindh)
The bark of the stem is acrid and used in decoction for low fever and as a stimulant and tonic in amenorrhoea. In Punjab, the shoot and leaves are considered as antidotes for poisons and the juice of the leaves is given for scurvy. In Persia, the fruit is employed as a deobstruent, carminative and diuretic. In Africa, the root bark is used as a remedy for ankylostomiasis and the stem bark for gastritis and as an ascarifuge. The powdered root is applied like mustard plaster and a decoction of the root given for gonorrhoea and vesical catarrh. The leaf is a reputed diuretic. (Medicinal Plants (Indigenous and Exotic) Used in Ceylon)
Unani uses: Mohallile Auram, Mudirre Baul, Muqawwie Meda, Habise Ishal, Nazla, Wajaul Mafasil, Warme Raham, Bawaseer, Zofe Dandan.
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