Plant |
Family | Apocynaceae |
English |
Blackboardtree, Alstonia, Bitter bark, Devils tree, Devil's tree, Devil tree, Dita, Ditabark, Dita-bark tree, Ditta bark, Indian devil tree, Milkwood pine, Milky pine, Scholar tree, White cheesewood |
Latin |
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. |
Plantparts | Bark, foliage, Milky juice, Stalk, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Ague, Antibilious, Anti-diarrheic, Antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Antifebrile, Antihypotensive agent, Anti-malarial, Anti-Paludic, Anti-pyretic, Anti-spasmodic, Bitter, Bitter Tonic, convulsive state, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cramp, cramps, Cutaneous infections, diaorrhea, Diarrhea, diarrhoea, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Hypotension, Hypotensive, low blood pressure, Malaria, malarial fever, Marsh fever, Pressor, Pungent, Pyretic, Pyrexia, reduce fevers, relax spasms, relieves fevers, Skin infection, Skin infections, spasm, Spasmolytic, Used in the treatment of cough, Vasopressor, Vasopressor agent |
Women's diseases |
Anti-periodic, Interrupts menstruation, stops menstrual periods |
Other uses |
Paste |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Purulia district, West Bengal, India, Phytomedical used in Tamil Nadu, India, Phytomedical use in Nepal, Phytomedical use in Vietnam, Used in Bangladesh, Used in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
Ingredients |
| | alkaloid, Alpha-Amyrin, Beta-Sitosterol, betulin, Betulinic acid, Campesterol, Citral, Ditamine, Echitamine, Indole alkaloid, Stigmasterol |
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