This tree is the Arjuna and Kukubha of Chakradatta, who describes it as tonic, astringent, and cooling, and prescribes it in heart disease and for those purposes for which astringents are generally applied. He recommends it to be given in milk, treacle or water when used internally, or as a ghrita (medicinal butter) made with the decoction and powder of the bark.
Hindu physicians think that the bark has some special virtue in promoting the union of fractures, and the dispersion of ecchymosis when given internally. It is considered to be Asmari-hara, or lithontriptic, and a reference to the chemical composition will show that the ash of the bark contains an extraordinarily large proportion of calcium carbonate. Externally it is used in the form of an astringent wash to ulcers.