Bael fruit is a natural laxative, while unripe bael helps treat diarrhea and dysentery. Bael fruit and its parts (leaves, roots, bark) are used in Ayurvedic medicine for various ailments.
Medicinal Uses:
- Gastrointestinal: Bael is used for chronic diarrhea, dysentery, peptic ulcers, and colitis.
- Other uses: Roots are used for ear infections, leaves for eye infections, and the fruit is considered beneficial for the heart and brain.
- Ayurvedic medicine: The fruit, bark, leaves, seeds, and roots are used in herbal preparations, containing bioactive compounds with antidiabetic, anticancerous, and other medicinal properties.