Use : — The bark, powdered and mixed with Margosa oil, is considered by the Vytians a valuable application to old and obstinate ulcers. [Ainslie]. The gum beaten up with cocoanut milk, is applied to sprains and bruises, and the leaves boiled in oil are used for a similar purpose [Wight].
In the Indian Pharmacopœia the astringent properties of the bark are noticed, and its use as a lotion in impetiginous eruptions and obstinate ulcerations. The late Dr. Bholanath Bose recommended a decoction of the bark as an astringent gargle. Powdered bark used for leprous ulcers as a paste in Ratnagiri.
The juice of the green branches, in a four-ounce dose mixed with two ounces of tamarind, is given as an emetic in cases of coma or in insensibility produced by opium or other narcotics [Taylor's Topography of Dacca.]
A decoction of the bark is useful internally in some cases of atonic dyspepsia and general debility, particularly if it is combined with tincture of gentian, calumba, &c. [Moodeen Sheriff].
In Burma, a decoction of the bark is used for tooth-ache.
In some parts of the Madras Presidency and Burma, the leaves are used for all local swellings and pains of the body. They are first boiled and then applied.
{{c|331. — Semecarpus anacardium, Linn. f. h.f.b.l, ii. 30, Roxb. 268.]]
Sans. : — Bhallátaka, Arushkara.
Arab. :— Habbul-fahm.
Pers. : — Biládur.
Vern. :— Bhelá, bhilaúra (H.) ; Bhela, bhelatuki (B.) ; Bhallia (Uriya) ; Konghi (Lepcha) ; Bhilavan (Dec.) ; Shenkottai, sherán- kottai (Tam.) ; Jidi-Vittulu (Tel.) ; Cherun kuru (Mal.) ; Girú (Kan.) ; Bibba (Bomb.) ; Bhiámu, (Guz.)
Eng. :— The Marking-Nut Tree.
