shringataka :

General Use:

T. grandis Linn. is a pre-eminent tropical timber with sterling wood properties, having an average wood density of 650 kg/m3 . It is moreover considered as a major constituent in many of the traditional medicines . The different extracts from various parts of teak shows expectorant, antiinflammatory, anthelmintic properties. Traditionally, it is used against bronchitis, biliousness, hyperacidity, diabetes, leprosy, astringent, and helmintiasis. A wood powder paste has been used against bilious headache and swellings . According to Ayurveda, the teak wood is acrid, cooling, laxative, sedative to gravid uterus and useful in treatment of piles, leucoderma and dysentery. It allays thirst and possesses anthelmintic and expectorant properties