| Botanical Name |
Aegle marmelos Correa ex Roxb. |
| Common Name |
Bael |
| Family |
Rutaceae |
| Part-Used |
Fruit, root, rind, flower and leaves |
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Description:
This tree is a native of India and is found wild throughout the Indian Peninsula , in dry hilly places ascending to 1200 m in the western Himalaya .
Part Used:
Fruit, root, rind, flower and leaves
Active Compounds:
The roots are sweet, astringent and febrifuge, containing volatile oils, pectin and tannin. The wood-ash is rich in minerals and phosphates.
Medicinal Properties:
Fruits are used in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery and loss of appetite. antibilious, antiparasitical, antipyretic, aphrodisiac, aromatic, alterative, astringent; digestive stimulant, febrifuge, hemostatic, laxative, nutritive, stomachic, stimulant, tonic. Ripe fruit is sweet, aromatic, cooling, alterative and nutritive. Fresh fruit has laxative properties. Unripe fruit is astringent, digestive, stomachic, and constipative. Pulp is stimulant, antipyretic and antiscorbutic. Fresh juice is bitter and pungent.
Uses:
Bael is taken for habitual constipation, diabetes, dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, heart diseases, and dysentery. Concentrated juice of the root and stem-bark is used in the palpitation of the heart. Leaf-juice is used for a number of medications, including control of diabetes. 
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