Doctor Bon

Psoralea is a common weed found everywhere. It has a grooved stem, simple leaves which are subcordate, ovate or roundish in shape with mildly serrated leaf margins. The 10 to 30 very small bluish-purple flowers are seen close together on axillary solitary racemes. The single-seeded pods are 5 mm. long ovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed and black in color.

Herbal use

1. Psoralea is useful for dental caries or the decay of teeth.
2. Psoralea is useful for checking diarrhea.
3. Psoralea promotes the flow of urine, curies leprosy, skin diseases, checks vomiting, asthma, painful urination, piles, bronchitis, inflammations, anaemia, strengthens hair and improve complexion.
4. It is used as a laxative, to expel worms from the body, good for heart troubles, ulcers, congestion of the liver, cures blood diseases, applied externally and given internally in skin diseases like scabies and leucoderma and for restoring hair.
5. Very useful to check ringworm.

Instructions

1. The application of the crushed roots over and teeth helps in dental cries.
2. The infusion of the leaves is used to check diarrhea.
3. The decoction of the fruit will take care of the disorders listed in Number 3 above.
4. The decoction of the seeds will take care of the disorders listed in Number 4 above.
5. The oil from the seeds are applied externally in case elephantiasis.
6. A compound ointment of the powdered seeds of this plant mixed with the seeds of Cassia tora and some lime juice is very useful in curing ringworm.

Major Parts used

The roots, leaves, fruits, seeds and extracted oil.