MOUNTAIN EBONY HELPS TO PREVENT OBESITY

BAUHINIA VARIEGATA LINN.

Mountain Ebony is a medium sized deciduous tree with dark brown dark. The leaves are as broad as they are long (10-15 cms), with a cleft of about 1/3 the way down from the apex resulting in two obtuse lobes. The petioles are 2.5-3.5 cm long and the white flowers are large and fragrant, appearing when the tree in nearly leafless in short axillary or terminal racemes. The flat pods are about 15-30 cm long containing 10-15 seeds.

Medicinal use:

• As a carminative or as an agent for expelling gases, flatulence and griping pains from the stomach and bowels.
• To prevent obesity.
• As a tonic or to give tone and vitality to the body.
• For killing or expelling worms from the body.
• Tuberculosis and skin ailments.
• Ulcers and leprosy.
• As a laxative and for the cure of diarrhoea, dysentery and piles.

How to use:

• The decoction of the root can be used for expelling gases, flatulence and griping pains from the stomach and bowels. It is also used to prevent obesity.
• The decoction of the bark is used as a tonic, for killing or expelling worms from the body, against tuberculosis and skin ailments, and against ulcers and leprosy.
• The infusion of the leaves is used as a laxative and for the cure of diarrhoea, dysentery and piles.

Parts used:
Root, bark and leaves.

Dose:
Normal.