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["Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@vsnl.com>]

MEDICINAL USES OF PHALSA(Grewia asiatica)

              Phalsa is a shrub or small tree, which if allowed to grow 
naturally, can attain a height upto 12 feet.  It sheds leaves during winter 
goes into dormancy for short duration.  As it bears fruits only on current 
seasons growth, so it is pruned to a height of 30 inches every year.  The 
fruits are small, seedy but juicy, 6-8 mm in diameter, dark purple at 
maturity.

             A very refreshing drink is made from the fresh phalsa juice.  
This is very popular during the hot summer months and sold at fruit juice 
stalls in big cities.

             The ripe fruits are sweet with a pleasant blend of acid and 
having a cooling effect on body.  These are tonic and aphrodisiac.  The 
fruits allay thirst and burning sensation, remove and cure inflammations.  
These are said to be good for heart and blood disorders, fevers and 
diarrhoea.  The fruit is also good for the troubles of throat.  It also helps 
to remove the dead foetus.  The unripe fruits remove VATA and cause KAPHA and 
biliousness  

            The bark of phalsa plant cures biliousness and VATA.  It also 
cures urinary troubles and the burning in vagina.  An infusion of the bark is 
used as a demulcent.  

 The root is used in strangury, gleet and gonorrhoea.  The root bark is used 
by Santhal tribals use the root bark for rheumatism.

 The leaves are used as an application to pustular eruptions.  Buds of phalsa 
 are also prescribed by some physicians.

From:  Dr. Chiranjit Parmar 
www.lesserknownplants.com



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