HERBAL REMEDIES PREPARED FROM KETAKI (Pandanus tectorius)

HERBAL REMEDIES PREPARED FROM KETAKI (Pandanus tectorius)

Family : Pandanaceae (screw pine).

External uses : Its oil is applied topically on painful back. Nasya of pollengrains is given in epilepsy. Oil drops are used in otalgia. Pollengrain powder heals wounds and reduces can be used as deodorant.

Fragrance of ketaki reduces mental and physical tiredness and is pleasing to the mind. Internal uses : It is used as .a brain tonic in weakness of the brain and sense organs.

Being an appetizer, digestive and carminative, it is used in anorexia, indigestion and constipation. it is useful in palpitations and blood diseases.

Roots are used in urinary disorders. its oil is used to treat infertility and to prevent abortion, flower is an aphrodisiac. It is used in measles small pox and other skin diseases to lessen the rash.

Useful part : Flowers and roots..