udumbara :

General Use:

Anti-bacterial - show effect on Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus pumitis.
Anti-fungal - It has antifungal activity also.
It is hepato-protective also.

Therapeutic Uses:

Daha
Medoroga
Raktapitta
Yonidosa

Systemic Use:

Fruits

Used in leprosy, diarrhoea, circulatory and respiratory disorders and menorrhagia

Tender fruits are used as astringent, stomachic, refrigerant, in dry cough, loss of voice, diseases of kidney and spleen, astringent to bowel, styptic, tonic, useful in the treatment of leucorrhoea, blood disorder, burning sensation, fatigue, urinary discharges, leprosy, epitasis, carminative and intestinal worms. They are also useful in miscarriage, spermatorrhoea, epididymitis, cancer, myalgia, scabies, haemoptysis, intrinsic haemorrhage and extreme thirst [, 18].

Latex

It is administered in haemorrhoids, boils, alleviates the edema in adenitis, parotitis, orchitis, traumatic swelling, toothache, vaginal disorders, diarrhoea particular in childrens and also aphrodisiac. Latex is applied externally on chronic infected wounds to alleviate edema, pain and to promote the healing. The latex is reportedly used for treating piles.

Root Sap

It is used for treating diabetes. The sap of this plant is a popular remedy for mumps and other inflammatory enlargements. In Sri Lankan indigenous system of medicine, it is used in the treatment of skeletal fracture. The Australian aborigines use this plant in the treatment of mumps, smallpox, heamaturia, menorrhagia and inflammatory conditions. In Siddha the bark, fruits and latex are used to treat constipation, anaemia and dysentery

Roots are used in dysentery, pectoral complaints, and diabetes, applied in mumps, other inflammatory glandular enlargements and hydrophobia

Bark

It is highly effective in threatened abortion and also recommended to treat Menorrhagia, leucorrhoea, gonorrhoea, urinary diseases, hemorrhage and skin diseases

The bark is highly recommended in urological disorders, diabetes, hiccough, leprosy, dysentery and piles

Leaves

The leaves are excellent wash for wounds and ulcers. They are useful in dysentery and diarrhea.

The infusion of bark and leaves is also employed as mouth wash to spongy gums and internally in dysentery, menorrhagia, efficient remedy in glandular swelling, abscess, chronic wounds, cervical adenitis and haemoptysis