Lodhra Capsule

Botanical name – Symplocos racemosa

Family name – Symplocaceae

English name – Lodh Tree, Lodhra

Common name – Lodhra

Synonyms – Savara Lodhra, Tilva, Tirita, Savara, Galava, Pattika Lodhra, Sthulavalkala, Jeernapatra

Habit - Perennial tree

Useful Parts – Bark, roots

Common Uses – Lodhra is astringent, cold, eye-protective, anti-inflammatory, and Grahi in properties. The plant is used in diarrhoea, dysentery, bleeding piles, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, leucorrhoea, blood disorders, skin disorders, bleeding per any opening of the body like epistaxis, for wound healing and to stop hemorrhage. It is also used in skin and eye infections.

Indications – Its cold infusion is used as eye drops in conjunctivitis and its paste is used for external application in oedema and ulcers. It is used internally in bleeding disorders, oedema, duodenal disorders, dysentery, menorrhagia, leucorrhoea.