A Set of Trunks, With Amazing Healing Chunks

We rely on trees for shade, and in making larger shades that could be our home… as well as for the animals around us. Amazingly though, they could also be utilized with their healing properties. Check these ones out.

Jack Tree

Notable for the imposing size of its fruit, it grows well in the tropics and is well-loved by the local inhabitants therein. The tree grows to a height of 10 meters or more with many heavy branches and foliage which provide a beautiful shady picnic or resting spot.

The edible pulps inside the thorny hide of the fruit is fleshy and can provide a very accurate definition of being full. When unripe, the fruit can also be eaten as a vegetable recipe.

Medicinal Benefits:

- curing fever, diarrhea, and asthma

- regulating ulcers, wounds, glandular swellings and insect bites

- as a laxative, giving tone and vitality to the body, and for treating abdominal pains

Usable Parts: The whole tree

Application:

The root decoction can be used for treating most stomach problems. By using the same potion that can be derived out of the process, it can also be used for treating fever. It can produce milky latex on its leaves and bark that can be applied externally for wounds and insect bites.

If you experiment with the consumption of its ripe pulp, your bowel problems can be regulated. Eating its seeds in either boiled or roasted form gives tone and vitality to the body due to its protein content.

Other Names:

Assamese, Bengali – Kanthal

Burmese – Peinne

French – Jacquier

German – Jacabaum

Gujarati – Vanas

Hindi – Kathal

Kannada – Halasu

Konkani – Ponnoss

Malalayam – Chakka

Marathi – Phanus

Oriya – Ponoso

Punjabi – Kathal

Sanskrit – Panasa

Santahli – Kanthar

Sinhalese – Cos

Tamil – Pilapalam

Telugu – Panasa

Urdu – Katahal

Rubber Tree

Reaching up to 8 meters high, it is a spreading tree that sends down numerous roots from the trunk. The leaves are smooth – a striking contrast to the sticky insides of its trunk which is the main source of the rubber sap that it provides to the industry. The stipules are usually red and are as lengthy as the leaves themselves. Growing in tropical but cold areas, this tree more of a friend to industrial companies, but can be equally friendly as well to herbal-loving people.

Medicinal Benefits:

- treats wounds, cuts, and sores

- treats parasitic worms

Usable Parts: rootlets, bark, and sap

Application:

The crushed bark and rootlets can be used for healing wounds, cuts, and sores. It has latex-like sap that upon decoction, can be used to expel parasitic worms.

Other Names:

Assamese – Attahbar

Bengali – Bor

Burmese – Rubber Bin

French – Caoutchoue

German – Gummibaum

Gujurati – Vad

Hindi – Dagurin

Kannada, Malalayam – Ala

Marathi – Vada

Sanskrit – Vata

Sinhalese – Rubber Gasa

Tamil – Al

Telugu – Marri

Siris Tree

With an imposing growth reach that can be up to 20 meters high, the Siris Tree is as imposing as is beneficial to stomach problems. Its branches spread widely and the leaves are bipinnate and hairy underneath. The flowers sprout from peduncies which are auxillary, solitary, and yellowish in color which closely resembles that of a powder puff.

Medicinal Benefits Against:

- Dysentery

- Diarrhea

Usable Parts: bark, leaves

Application:

The decoction of the bark and leaves can be infused in treating common stomach problems particularly dysentery and diarrhea.

Other Names:

Bengali – Sirish

Burmese – Kokko

French – Acacia Lebbek

German – Pilosarshio

Hindi – Sins

Kannada – Bagemara

Malalayam – Vaga

Marathi – Sirisha

Oriya – Bodosirisi

Persian – Darakhtejakheria

Sanskrit – Bhandi

Santhali – Chapotsiris

Sindhi – Mahari

Sinhalese – Mara

Tamil – Kalindi Vagei

Telugu – Dirasana

Urdu – Darash

These trees are just out there, waiting for us to top into... their healing power!