Birth Star: KARTHIKA
English Name: Cluster Fig
Malayalam Name: അത്തി
Botanical Name: Ficus racemosa L.
Family: Moraceae
Flowering & Fruiting: February-May
Description: Evergreen tree up to 30 m high. The leaves can be used to treat diarrhoea. The bark has astringent properties. It’s used to treat haematuria, menorrhagia, and hemoptysis. The fruit has astringent properties. It’s used to treat haematuria, menorrhagia, and hemoptysis. When filled with sugar, the fruit is thought to be very cooling. When a fluid exudes from the tree’s cut roots for several days, it is thought to be a powerful tonic. The sap is a popular remedy in Bombay for mumps and other inflammatory glandular enlargements, and it is also used to treat gonorrhoea. Tonsillitis is treated by chewing the root.
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