Pongame oiltree(Karanja) Benefits

  Karanja tree (Kanuga) :-

Karanja is a medicinal herb mainly used for skin disorders. All parts of Karanja tree (roots, flowers, leaves, bark) are used for medicinal purposes.
Karanja is widely used in managing constipation as it helps to improve gut motility and has a laxative property. It might also be used for piles due to its astringent and anti-inflammatory properties.

According to Ayurveda, Karanja oil is mainly applied on the skin to manage boils and eczema as well as heal wounds due to its healing and antimicrobial property. The paste of its leaves can also be applied on cuts and wounds to help promote healing. Karanja oil is also useful in arthritis due to its anti-inflammatory activity. Regularly bathing with Karanja leaf infusion helps to manage pain and inflammation.

Karanja is useful to manage cough and cold especially whopping cough. This is due to its Kapha balancing property. Karanja powder helps to melt thick mucus due to its hot potency. It also helps to expel out from the lungs thus giving relief from cough.

Karanja helps to improve appetite when it is made a part of the daily diet. In Ayurveda, loss of appetite is due to weak digestion. It is caused by an aggravation of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha doshas leading to incomplete digestion of food. This causes insufficient secretion of gastric juice in the stomach resulting in loss of appetite. Karanja stimulates digestion and improves appetite due to its appetizer property.

Karanja helps to manage indigestion. According to Ayurveda, indigestion means the state of an incomplete process of digestion. The main reason for indigestion is aggravated Kapha that causes weak digestive fire. Karanja helps to improve digestive fire due to its hot potency and digests food easily.