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Parts used : — The fruit, kernel, leaves, flower, bark and 

 gum. 



Use :— The smoke of the burning leaves is supposed to 

 have a curative effect in some affections of the throat. Accord- 

 ing to the author of the Makhzan, the Hindus make a confection 

 of the unripe fruit mixed with sugar, which, in times of plague 

 or cholera, they take internally and rub all over the body ; it 

 is also stated in the same work that the midribs of the leaves 

 calcined are used to remove warts on the eyelids. Ainslie says 

 that the gum-resin, mixed with lime-juice or oil, is used in 

 scabies and cutaneous affections. The juice of the ripe fruits 

 dried in the sun, so as to form thin cakes, Amras or Amwaat 

 (Hind.), Ambapuri, Ambipoli (Bom.), Amsatta (Beng.), is used 

 as a relish and antiscorbutic (Dymoek). 



A resin obtained from the bark of the tree is considered 

 anti-syphilitic (Murray). 



Resinous juice mixed with the white of an egg and a little 

 Opium, is considered a good specific on the Malabar Coast for 

 diarrhoea and dysentery (Ainslie). 



The unripe fruit is said to be useful in ophthalmia and 

 eruptions, and the seeds in asthma. 



The rind of the fruit is astringent and also a stimulant 

 tonic in debility of the stomach. 



The ripe fruit is considered laxative, and therefore much 

 prized by persons labouring under habitual constipation. The 

 bark and kernel are known as astringent and used in haemorrhage, 

 diarrhoea and other discharges. The decoction of the kernel, 

 either alone or in combination with bel and ginger, is gene- 

 rally prescribed in diarrhoea. The juice of the kernel, if 

 snuffed, can stop nasal bleeding. The kernel is also described 

 in the Indian Pharmacopoeia as an anthelmintic and containing 

 a large quantity of gallic acid, highly useful in bleeding piles 

 and menorrhagia. 



Mango bark and fruit have been lately introduced by Dr. 

 Linguist as a medicine in Europe ; he recommends it for its 

 extraordinary action in cases of haemorrhage from the uterus, 

 lungs or intestines (Dymoek). 



