Distribution:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Northern Australia
Properties (characteristics):
Sweet, pungent, hot and mildly toxic/
Channels (meridians) entered:
Kidney
Actions & Indications:
Besides eaten as a snack, it is also being used as Tonic for deficiency, for cold type of body.
Rid of cold phlegm.
Expels intestine worms
Decoction of the leaves and roots is used as antipyretic
The leaf juice is applied on the head of a fever patient.
The leaves are employed in medicinal baths for people with jaundice.
Decoctions of the leaves and fruits are applied to swellings and skin diseases.
The ash of the burned rind is taken after childbirth.
The odor of the flesh is believed to be linked to indole compounds which are bacteriostatic.
Improve sexual function for those who are shenyangxu (kidney yang deficient)
Chemical ingredients:
The leaves probably contain hydroxy-tryptamines and mustard oils.
Dosage:
Fruit is being used as snack.
Other information will be loaded.
Cautions:
Not to take in cases of yinxu (yin deficient), diabetic, hypertension, fever, cancer.
Do not take with alcohol.