The Sanskrit word Ashoka means "without distress".
Ashoka,s bark, leaves, flower, and seeds have medicinal benefits.
The bark of Ashoka is astringent, sweet, refrigerant, anthelmintic styptic, demulcent, and febrifuge.
It's flowers are uterine tonic and leaves are depurative.
How to use Ashoka
Uterine disorders
It is one of the best uterine tonic especially useful in conditions of excessive or irregular bleeding, fibroids or white discharge.
Boil two teaspoons of the bark powder in two glasses of water until the water is reduced to a quarter of the quantity. Take an ounce of this filtered decoction twice a day with a little honey to tone the mucosa of the uterus.
Pimples
To reduce pimples and clear the skin, make a paste of Ashoka, some lime juice, and milk apply every day.
Piles
Take a decoction of the bark mentioned above twice a day for relief from bleeding and non-bleeding piles.
Abdominal pain
Make a juice of the leaves, mix with cumin seeds and drink to relieve colicky pain in the abdomen.
Burning sensation and inflammation
A decoction prepared from the bark is useful in both internally and externally as a wash to reduce inflammation of any kind and soothe burning sensation.
Diabetes
Powder the dry flowers of Ashoka and take one teaspoon of it every day to keep blood sugar leves under control.
