sisa daru

This plant is reported to be a stimulant in Birhor folk medicine.

Medicinal values for: piles, sunstroke, physical weakness, diarrhoea, boils, pimples, urinary problems

• Leaf: The leaves (sakam) should be chewed (togoʧ) daily (rodʒdin) for a period of two weeks (barija hapta) for treatment of piles.
• They make a paste in a grinding stone and after that boil (hõɽeʧ) it and add some sugar and drink it. It is good for sunstroke.
• The fresh leaf (baleʧ sakam) juice (ros or rasa) is taken orally to cure physical weakness (kamdʒor) due to illness.
• A paste prepared from the leaf (sakam) is applied topically around a confined pocket of pus (pipʰ). The fresh leaves (baleʧ sakam) are boiled (hõɽeʧ) in water and are taken in case of diarrhoea. A decoction of leaves (sakam) is taken to cure painful urination, boils and pimples.

Other uses

Wood: The wood (sahan) is used to make furniture like beds (parkom), chairs (kuɽsi), benches, doors (duwer) etc.