Ficus hispida Linn

Ficus hispida Linn. A shrub or small tree, all parts more or less hispid-pubescent. Leaves usually opposite, petiolate, membranous, 10-30 by 5-15 cm; ovate, oblong or sub-obovate, apiculate or shortly and abruptly acuminate, toothed or entire, the lower surface hispid-pubescent the upper hispid-scabrid, base rounded, subcordate or subcuneate, 3-5 nerved; lateral main nerves 3-5 pairs with fine reticulations between; petioles 1.3-3.8 cm long (in young shoots 7.5-9 cm long) densely hispid; stipules 2 to each leaf, ovate lanceolate, pubescent outside, about 1.3 cm long. Receptacles 1.3-2.5 cm across, turbinate, obovoid or subpyriform, yellowish when ripe, slightly umbonate, hispid and sometime with bracts scattered along the sides, on peduncles 5-15 mm long in pairs from the axils of the leaves, or in fascicles from shortened tuberculate branches from the old wood,or in the pairs or fascicles on elongate stipular bracteate sometimes leafy branches issuing from the larger branches and stem and often reaching to or even penetrating the soil; basal bracts 3, male flowers rather numerous near the apex of the receptacle containing the galls. Sepals 3, concave hyaline. Stamen 1, anther broad; filaments short. Gall flowers pedicellate. Perianth 0. ovary smooth, globose; style short sub-terminal; stigma dilated. Fertile flowers achence ovoid; style lateral; stigma cylindric, tubular. Fruits pale green or greenish yellow when ripe

The pharmacological action of Ficus hispida Linn's Bark is Emetic.

The pharmacological actions of Ficus hispida Linn are Analgesic, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-hepatotoxic, Anti-psoriatic, Anti-septic, Aphrodisiac, Astringent, Bitter, Blood Purifier, Emetic, hematinic, Lactagogue, Purgative, Refrigerant, Resolvent, Rubefacient, Styptic, Tonic, Vesicant.

The pharmacological actions of Ficus hispida Linn's Fruit are Anti-dysenteric, Anti-septic, Aphrodisiac, Emetic, Lactagogue, Styptic.

The pharmacological action of Ficus hispida Linn's Fruit (juice) is Anti-haemorrhagic.

The pharmacological action of Ficus hispida Linn's Latex is Vesicant.

The pharmacological action of Ficus hispida Linn's Seeds is Emetic.

The indications of Ficus hispida Linn's Bark are Liver Complaints, Constipation, Malarial Fever, Buboes.

The indications of Ficus hispida Linn are Haemorrhages, Jaundice, Ulcers, Psoriasis, Warts, Ringworm, Piles, Anaemia, Blood Diseases.

The indications of Ficus hispida Linn's Fruit are Impotency, Abscesses, Breast Milk Deficiency, Nose Haemorrhage, Mouth Haemorrhage, Boils, Dysentery, Weakness, Womb Pain, Skin Affections.

The indication of Ficus hispida Linn's Fruit (juice) is Haemorrhages.

The indications of Ficus hispida Linn's Latex are Warts, Ring Worm.

The temperament of Ficus hispida Linn is 2nd order, warm and dry.

Odor: The odor of Ficus hispida Linn is Unpleasant.

Taste: Bitter,Astringent, Fruit: sweet.

The substitute of Ficus hispida Linn is Ficus bengalensis Linn..

The active constituents of Ficus hispida Linn are Bergapten, Caoutchouc Acid, Glucosides, Hispidine, Psoralen Latex, ß-Sitosterol, Tannin, Wax.

The antidotes of Ficus hispida Linn are Pimpinella anisum Linn., Citrus limon (Linn.) Burm f. (Juice).