MEDICINAL USE:
* As a tonic. Helps in eliminating worms from the body.
* Increases the secretion of milk in nursing mothers.
* Reduces or eliminates fever.
* Can be used in chronic diarrhea and dysentery, asthma and cardiac problems.
* Medicine for boils, ulcers and muscular pains, and rheumatic swellings.
* Relieves earaches.
* For the deficiency of Vitamin B1.
* For certain skin diseases.
HOW TO USE:
* The bark of the tree, in decoction, is used to take care of the first four ailments listed under Medicinal Use.
* The latex is used as a poultice for boils, ulcers, muscular pains and rheumatic swelling. When mixed with olive oil, one or two drops in the ear relieves earache.
* The decoction of the young leaves is recommended for deficiency of Vitamin B1.
* The dried leaves in powder form are also used for ulcers and skin diseases.
PARTS USED:
* The bark, latex, and the leaves.
DOSE:
30 grams in 1 litre of water, 3 to 4 cups a day.