Siddha/Tamil Semaiatti.
Action Fruit—gentle laxative and expectorant. Syrup of figs— a remedy for mild constipation. Fruit pulp-analgesic and anti- inflammatory, used for treating tumours, swellings and gum abscesses. Latex—analgesic and toxic. Used for treating warts, insect bites and stings. Leaf—used in lucoderma. Bark—used for eczema and other skin diseases.
Key application As a laxative.
(Included among unapproved herbs by German Commission E.)
The leaves gave bergapten, psoralen, taraxasterol, beta-sitosterol, rutin and a sapogenin. Calotropenyl acetate, lepeol acetate and oleanolic acid have been identified in the leaves.
Three peptides which exhibit action against angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) have been isolated from the fresh latex. Their inhibitory activity is similar to that of ACE inhibitors derived from casein. (ACE catalyzes both the production ofvasoconstrictor angiotensin II and the inactivation of the vasodilator bradykinin.)
Dosage Fruit—lO—20 ml juice; 5— 10 g paste. (CCRAS.)
Ficus cordifolia Roxb. Synonym F rumphii Bl.
Family Moraceae.
Habitat Throughout India, up to 1,700 m in the hills.
Unani Anjeer, Teen.
Ayurvedic Ashmantaka (var.)
266 Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham.
Folk Gajanaa, Ashtaa, Paakar. Action Fruit juice and latex— antiasthmatic and vermifuge.
Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham.
Synonym F semicordata Buch.Ham. ex Sm.
F conglomerata Roxb.
Family Moraceae.
Habitat Sub-Himalayan tract from Chenab eastward to Bhutan and in Assam, Bengal and Orissa.
English Indian Fig.
Ayurvedic Malayu, Chorakapatra, Laakshaa-vrksha, Laghuudumbara.
Siddha Taragadu (Tamil). Action See F carica. Fruits— spasmolytic; used in aphthous complaints. Root—used for bladder and visceral troubles. Bark-decoction—used for washing ulcers; juice and powdered bark— applied to wounds and bruises. Syconium—used for ulcers of mucous membrane. Syconium and bark—antileprotic.
