ຈໍາປີ / Champak

The flowers are used for treating sinusitis, dizzness, chest pain, wooping cough and gonorrhoea or white. The leaves are combined with the leaves of Ficus microcarpa L. f./Ficus retusa L., 30 g each and 5 g of dried earth worm, make up a decoction, this remedy is reported to be good for chronic bronchitis in the elderlies. The stem bark is used for tertian fever, relieving cough, regulating menses. In Cambodia, the decoction of leaves is use as  gagarism or mouthwash solution for the treatment of tonsilitis. According to Indian experience, the flowers are used in dyspepsia, nausea, fever and also useful as a diuretic and for healing renal maladies; the essential oil of the flowers is used for cephalagia. The root bark is a purgative and emmenagogue . The flowers and the essential oil distillated from the flowers are marketed for their scent. The oil is used in the production of cosmetics. According to traditonal medicine theory, the root and the fruit possess bitter taste, cool character, shows antirheumatismal and antiinflammatory effects, useful for sorethroat and pain relief. The stem bark is antipyretic, disposing of phlegm and astringent. The fruits have sedative effect, the leaves are antidote.