Description

Lodh tree/Lodh Pathani (لؤد پٹھانی, جوزا بکنی، لودھ، لودھرا، لڈوکا) also known as Symplocos Racemosa Roxb, is a medium sized tree found all over India. The leaves are 3-5 inch in length. The flowers grow in clusters, pale yellow in color. The fruits are purple in color with 2-3 seeds inside. The bark of the tree is thick with brown color.

• English Name: Lodh Tree
• Urdu Name: لؤد پٹھانی
• Scientific Name: Symplocos Racemosa Roxb

Uses & Health Benefits:

• Lodh is indicated in eye disease, powder formation of its bark along with ghee is used in eyes.
• Lodh helps in maintain the shape of the body.
• It is clearly referred in Ayurvedic texts that Lodhra helps in making the body attractive and skin glow.
• Due to its absorption enhancing property it is used in clotting and in diseases like diarrhoea.
• Lodh is absorption enhancing, cooling and light which itself is a unique combination, which makes it very useful in reducing inflammation and heaviness in the body.
• Lodh is used in epistaxis, the people who have high pitta generally experiences nose bleeding, the absorbing quality of lodh helps in thickening of blood to stop haemorrhaging (bleeding).
• Lodh paste form is used to treat the skin diseases like leprosy.
• Lodh has proved to be very useful in disease like leucorrhoea (white discharge).
• Lodh is even prescribed to the women’s after their delivery.
• Lodh helps to detoxify the blood.

Note:

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