Streblus Asper

Other names : Siamese rough bush, khoi, serut, and toothbrush tree

Benefits and uses of Streblus Asper are

• Root : As an application to unhealthy ulcers and sinuses and as antidote to snake bite, in epilepsy and obesity
• Stem Toothache
• Stem bark : Given in fever, dysentery and diarrhea, stomachache and urinary complaints, useful in piles, edema and wounds, decoction effective against lymphadema, chylurea and other effects of filariasis
• Leaves : Eye complaints
• Milky juice/latex : Antiseptic, astringent, applied to chapped hands and sore feet, in pneumonia and swells of cheek
• Fruit Eye complaints
• Seeds Epistaxis and diarrhea
• Part not specified Cancer, cholera, colic, diarrhea dysentery and menorrhagia, epilepsy and inflammatory swellings

References

• Sharma PV. Dravyagun Vigyan. Vol. 3. pp. 233–4. Chowkhambha Series.
• Jain SK. Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany. New Delhi: Deep Publications; 1991. p. 172.
• Singh NP, Singh VK. Streblus asper Lour—an ancient Indian drug for cure of filariasis. Acta Bot Indica. 1976;15:108–9.
• Singh NP, Ram ER. Filaria and its herbal cure. New Botanist. 1988;15:201–5.
• Useful Plants of India, New Delhi: NISCOM, 1992;603–4.