4 SUPERB MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF CASHEW

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE LINN (Cashew)

Cashew is a widespread tree, grown in all tropical countries. Generally it has a crooked trunk. The leaves are oval in shape with rounded tips. The yellowish flowers are small, crowned at the tips of the branches and the petals are sometimes with pink stripes. The fruit is pear-shaped nut outside and under the fruit. The cashew nut well known as a delicacy.

Medicinal Use of Cashew:

• Diarrhea, diabetes, infectious swelling and mouth ulcers.
• Relieves toothache, sore gums and dysentery.
• Promotes the flow of urine.
• Alcoholic solution of the pericarp is used to expel worms from the body. It is an effective insecticide.

How to Use the Cashew as Medicine:

• The bark of the tree is used in decoction for diarrhea, diabetes, swellings and ulcers.
• Infusion of the leaves and the bark relieves toothaches, sore gums and dysentery.
• The juice from the pericarp promotes flow of the urine and the alcoholic solution of the pericarp expels worms. The juice of the ripe fruit is good for dysentery.
• The gum extracted from the bark of cashew tree is an effective insecticide.