Hindi Name: Bael, Sriphal

English Name: Bael fruit

Botanical Name: Aegle Marmelos

BENEFITS

1. It is warm

2. It cures kapha and vata

3. It's an effective purgative

4. Promotes digestion

5. Controls sugar levels, bleeding piles & leucorrhea

6. Cures diarrhea( Raw fruit)

USES

Diarrhea

Give 10ml juice of its leaves with honey mixed in it. Give this to the patient 3 hoursly

Roast unripe bael fruit over fire and give 10-20 gm of its pulp with sugar and honey.

Burning sensation, Constipation & weak digestion

Grind 100 gm pulp of ripe fruit with water. Strain it and add sugar candy, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, and a little amount of camphor. The person having constipation can take it with meals.

Leucorrhea

Give the juice of its leaves every morning and evening.

Thorns

In case one is pricked by a thorn in any part of the body, tie the poultice of its leaves.

Boils & Burns

In case of boils and acne due to blood disorders, grind its root or wood in water and apply the paste on the boils.

Fever

Decoction of its leaves cures fever and dry cough.