Amaltas

Amaltas is a moderate-size flowering tree with gray bark and reddish wood. Widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, it is also an important herb used in many medicinal preparations. Botanical Name:Cassia Fistula Common Name:Fistula, Laburnum, Purging Fistula, Amaltas Medicinal Properties: • Roots are astringent, cooling, purgative, febrifuge and tonic • Bark is laxative, anthelmintic, and emetic, febrifuge, diuretic and depurative • Fruits are cooling, purgative, carminative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and ophthalmic Uses:The roots of the plant are used for the treatment of skin diseases, burning sensation and syphilis, barks are useful in boils, leprosy, ringworm affection, colic, dyspepsia, constipation, diabetes, strangury and cardiac problems. While the leaves are laxative - useful in skin diseases, burning sensation, dry cough and bronchitis, the fruits are used in flatulence, colic, dysentery, inflammation and intermittent fever.