Mimosaceae
Myanmar name : Kin - mun - gyinEnglish name : Soap Acacia
Description
Spinous or prickly shrubs or trees. Leaves bipinnate with cordate stipules; leaflets
small. Inflorescence globose heads; flowers white. Fruits ligulate or oblong pods, not jointed,
think succulent. When dry shrivelled and rugose with wavy sutures.
Distribution
Wild and cultivated in Myanmar.
Parts used
Leaves, fruits, flowers
Indications
dyspepsia, hepatitis and jaundice, adiaphoresis, dysentery, insomnia, loss of concentration, indigestion, skin infections and insect bite.
Dosage
Decoction of leaf or flowers is orally used in a dose of 600 ml per day in dyspepsia,
hepatitis and jaundice, insomnia and loss of concentration. 300 ml per day of decoction is
used for child in indigestion. Expressed juice of fresh leaf is orally used in insect bite. Ash of
fruit is externally used in skin infections.
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