Birth Star: POOYAM
English Name: Sacred Fig
Malayalam Name: അരയാൽ
Botanical Name: Ficus religiosa L.
Family: Moraceae
Flowering & Fruiting: November-February
Description: Among medicinal plants, this deciduous tree holds a significant position. The leaves, bark, seeds, and fruits of this tree are almost all utilised to make herbal medicines. This tree’s therapeutic benefits in treating a variety of diseases can be linked to the abundance of bioactive substances in it, including flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, saponins, phenols, and others. Due to its popular herbal tree’s antibacterial, anti-diabetic, anticonvulsant, wound-healing, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic characteristics, its parts are regarded as a significant component in the contemporary pharmaceutical business.
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