HOW TO USE PERSIAN LILAC TO EXPEL WORMS

​MELIA AZEDARACH LINN.

Persian Lilac is a short native tree of southwestern Asia, but is cultivated on other parts of the world too. It grows from 8 to 12 metres high. The trunk is a little stout, with spreading branches. The leaves are bipinnately compound and alternate, having several sharply serrate leaflets. The flowers are purplish. Mildly fragrant and growing in clusters. The fruit is a roundish yellow drupe.

Medicinal use:

• For treatment of tumours.
• As a tonic
• To expel intestinal worms.
• Enlarged lymph nodes and glands.
• Leprosy and tuberculosis.

How to use:

• The pounded leaves are excellent for tumours, when applied as a poultice to mature them.
• The bark and roots make a tonic which gives tone to the body and also expels intestinal worms.
• The poultice of the bark and roots together are applied externally to treat enlarged lymph nodes and glands.
• Two or three berries (fruits) are eaten in cases of leprosy and tuberculosis.

Parts used
Bark, leaves, fruit and roots.

Dose
Bark, 50 grams for 1 litre of water, in decoction. Use 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day. Leaves, for external use only, as needed.

Caution
Pregnant women must not use this plant, for it may lead to abortion. In high doses it is toxic. The berries are poisonous if more than 5 are eaten.