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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 witli 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 ( Dymock ). 
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 hajmorrhage, 
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 haomorrhage from the uterus, 
lungs or intestines (Dymock). 
