Afghanistan: Flowers are taken orally by females for contraception
Argentina: Decoction of the dried fruit is taken orally for diarrhea and to treat respiratory and urinary tract infections12. China: Decoction of the dried fruit is taken orally for diabetes.
Egypt: The fruit is used intravaginally as a contraceptive before and after coitus. Fifty-three percent of 1200 puerperal women interviewed practiced this method, of whom 47% depended on indigenous method and/or prolonged lactation
Iran: Flour is used as a food. A decoction of the dried seed is used externally as an emollient and applied on hemorrhoids and infected ulcers. A decoction of the dried seed is taken orally as a diuretic and antipyretic and used for hepatitis, diarrhea, scorbutism, nephritis, bladder inflammation, gout, enema, and its tonic effect. Decoction of the dried seed is applied to the nose to reduce internasal inflammation
Italy: Compresses of boiled seeds are used to soothe rheumatic and joint pains16. Infusion of the dried seed is used as a galactogogue
Korea: Hot water extract of the dried entire plant is taken orally for beriberi, coughs, influenza, measles, syphilis, nephritis, jaundice, dysentery, and ancylostomiasis; for thrush in infants; and as a diuretic. Extract of the dried entire plant is used externally for prickly heat.
United States: Infusion of the dried seed is taken orally for dysentery, diarrhea, and colic and for digestive and gastrointestinal disorders
Folk uses in India: Traditionally, the sattu is used in the form of gruel in painful and atonic dyspepsia in various parts of the country. A malt extract is prepared by boiling 30-120 g of its germinated grain sin 500 g water and then strained to form a decoction. When hops are added, the decoction becomes wort and acquires tonic properties, which have been found valuable in cases of debility following on long continued chronic suppuration. Besides, tribal people of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, prepare a decoction of its 2 grains along with the stem bark of Holarrhena antidysentrica Wall. and black pepper. About 2 teaspoonsful of this decoction are given to the patient twice a day for seven days to cure malarial fever
