The herbal folk drugs individually or in combination have been recommended for the treatment of different disease. The C. congesta commonly known as “karanda” has been recognized in different system of traditional medicine to cure various diseases. It contains several phytochemical constituents belonging to terpenoids category. C. carandas is the best known member of the genus, as it has been used as a traditional medicinal plant over thousands of years in the Ayurvedic system of medicine as it is practiced on Indian subcontinent. Thus traditional uses of C. carandas are well established. The root is created with bitter, stomachic, antidiarrhoel and anthelmintic properties, while its leaves are prescribed in remittent fever, erache, soreness and syphilitic pain of the mouth. A tincture of fruits is used in infections and skin infections and a decoction of wood is employed as a tonic to strengthen the tendons of slim patient. The unripe fruit is used medicinally as an astringent. The ripe fruit is taken as an antiscorbutic and remedy for biliousness. Additionally C. congesta has shown wide range of evidences for its cardiotonic, hepatoprotective, free radical scavenging and xanthine oxidase inhibitory, histamine releasing, antirhumatic, antibacterial, antiviral and anticonvulsant activity. A higher gross heat value of this species indicates its higher potential to be used as good fuel source.
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