The tubers are astringent and antiseptic. A paste made with lime juice is applied for acne, scorpion stings, ulcers and insect bite with beneficial effects.Internally acts as stomachic, carminative, cholagogue also has antibiotic properties.

The fruit of this herb is a carminative and stimulant.

A decoction or tincture of seeds are used as a demulcent, stomachic, antispasmodic and is useful for nervous debility and hysteria; seeds are also used as an inhalent for hoarseness and dryness of the throat. The decoction of the seeds are considered a heart stimulant.

Camphor has a wide range of medicinal uses. It is applied externally to the skin. Camphor acts as a rubefacient, counter-irritant and local anodyne. It is also a mild antiseptic.

This plant is regarded as a carminative, stomachic and stimulant.

The plant is much valued in indigenous medicine. It is reported to be pungent, astrigent, pectoral and diuretic. It is used as an emmenagogue, in piles and skin eruptions.

The leaves bark and roots are a tonic and stomachic. The juice of the plant is ingested for snakebite, and diarrhoea, dysentery and rickties.

The horn-like galls caused on the branches of this plant by insects are reported to possess astringent, tonic, expectorant and stimulant properties. It is given to children suffering from diarrhoea and dysentery and are sold as a substitute for the galls from Pistacia integerrima.

The plant has antiseptic properties; its decoction is used as a wash in dropsy. The roots are used as a febrifuge. As a decoction the plant is employed as a mouthwash to relieve toothache, and as a paste it is applied over boils and glandular swellings.

This plant is used as an expectorant.

It is used externally for chronic skin diseases, ulcers, elephantiasis, and conjunctivitis. It is used to stimulate hair growth and colour. It is also used for arthritis, dropsy and as a deobstruent for hepatic and splenic enlargements.

The seeds are used as a blood purifier.

It is used medicinally in the preparation of medicinal oils and the pills of the plant are used in the treatment of fever, cold, dysentery and lung diseases including tuberculosis. The root is used for the preparation of pills given for chronic fevers.

The root and bark are valuable astringents, the latter being used as a liniment with gingelly oil for rheumatism.

A decoction of the tuberous roots are used for the preparation of medicinal wine.

A strong decoction of the fresh leaves has antiseptic properties and is used for washing wounds. It is also used for ulcers and childbirth. It is a useful insecticide as well. A decoction of the root bark along with other ingredients is given for typhoid fever. A useful oil is extracted from the seed and is given with garlic and ginger after childbirth.

A decoction of the leaves is given for coughs and asthma.

This plant is used for constipation, dyspepsia, cough, asthma, nervous diseases, glandular enlargements of the spleen, piles, colic and various types of dropsy. The fresh juice of the leaves is cathartic and cooling. It is used for various eye diseases. The dried juice is often applied with lime juice for reducing swellings and promoting granulation in ulcers.

The tender leaves of the Jak tree when minced fine and roasted with scraped coconut is a specific for insomnia. The juice of the tender fruit is mixed with coconut milk and jaggery to prepare a miraculous antidote for narcotic poisoning. The leaves are used in skin diseases and the root is used to treat diarrhoea and fever.

It is frequently used at the initial stages of diabetes.

The fruit of this herb is universally used with dry ginger as decoction for colds, influenza, and fever. It is a flavouring agent for curries in the East.

The pulp of the fruit in combination with other drugs is administered for snakebite poisoning. The pulp of the fruit possesses anthelmintic properties and is used as an emetic.

The bark is useful as an anti-ischaemic and cardioprotective agent in hypertension and ischaemic heart diseases, especially in disturbed cardiac rhythm, angina or myocardial infarction. The bark powder possesses diuretic, prostaglandin enhancing and coronary risk factor modulating properties.

The leaves possess laxative powers. A fresh juice from the leaves is given for asthma and bronchitis.

The oil is a rubefacient and is a useful application for acute and chronic rheumatism, and is used for decoction and other medicinal preparations. It is also used as a spice.