Pharmacological Properties and Traditional uses of a wild edible mutipurpose tree-Cassia fistula

Abstract:

Cassia fistula is widely used for its medicinal properties. Every part of the plant is used in the traditional medicinal system to treat various disease conditions. Whole plant is used in the treatment of ulcers, and helminthiasis, as a purgative, leaves and seeds are acrid, laxative, antiperiodic, anthelmintic, ophthalmic, liver tonic, cardiotonic and expectorant. It has antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, hypolipidemic, antiulcer and antitumor properties. The plant had both food and medicinal properties.