Ficus gibbosa - Plaksha - ഇത്തി

Botanical Name :

Ficus gibbosa Blume 

Family :

Moraceae 

Vernacular Names :

Malayalam : Ethi - ഇത്തി

Sanskrit : Plaksha, Udhumbara
Hindi : Pakar

Bengali : Paakudu

Tamil : Erulli, Ethi

Telugu : Kappa, Konda juvvi  

Plant Description : 

A  large evergreen tree with few aerial roots, leaves short petioled, having smooth upper and rough lower surface, apex shortly and bluntly apiculate, stipules lanceolate, flowers seen in clusters, hypanyhodium, fruits small globose, yellowish when ripened .

Chemical Composition :  

Tannin, Saponin

Rasaadhi Gunaas :

Rasa : Kashaayam, Madhuram

Guna : Guru, Rooksham

Veeryam : Sheeetham

Vipakam : Katu

Useful Parts :

Bark

Leaves

Root

Fruit 

Indications :

01. Kapha pitha hara

02. Skin diseases

03. Ulcers

04. Diabetes

05. Ulcerative stomatitis  

06. Leucorrhoea 

07. Gyaenacological problems

08. Blood purifier

09. Moothra grahi,

10. Yonee roga

11. Visha hara

12. Kushta

13. Arshas

14. Reduces Urinary sugar in Diabetes 

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