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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Pharmacognosy, NKBR College of Pharmacy & Research Centre, Meerut, IN
2 Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, IN
3 Department of Chemistry, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, IN
Source
Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Vol 6, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 137-143
Abstract
Ficus bengalensis is an indigenous plant belonging to family Moraceae possessing varied pharmacological properties like antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiseptic, gonorrhea and also tender ends of hanging ischolar_mains are prescribed to stop vomiting. Herbal preparations of Ficus bengalensis had been considered as effective, economical and safe ethnomedicines for various ailments in Indian traditional system of medicine. All parts of plant are acrid, sweetish, astringent to the bowls; useful in "kapha" biliousness, ulcer, erysipelas, vomiting, vaginal complaints, fever and inflammation. The leaves are good for ulcers; the young leaves are good for ulcers; the young leaves are efficacious to cure leprosy. The milk juice is aphrodisiac, tonic, vulnary, maturant, lessens inflammation, useful to treat piles, diseases of the nose and gonorrhoea. The aerial ischolar_mains is styptic, aphrodisiac, and utilized to manage gonorrhoea, syphilis, biliousness, dysentery and inflammation of the liver. The leaves are vulnerary, useful is biliousness. Bark is tonic, astringent, cooling and hypoglycemic.
Keywords
Ficus bengalensis, Antidiabetic, Moraceae, Stem Bark, Bar.
