Bael Fruit

Bael Fruit:
The tree is found growing wild in dry forests on hills and plains of central and southern India Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh, also in mixed deciduous and dry dipterocarp forests of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Bael Fruit descriptions have been found in writings dating back to 800 B.C. It is cultivated throughout India, mainly in temple gardens, as it has a status as a sacred tree; also in Ceylon and northern Malaya, the drier areas of Java, and to a limited extent on northern Luzon in the Philippine Islands. It has been found in ancient Egyptian gardens, considered to be a well travelled tree through the vast sea lanes of ancient times.

In medicine Bael fruit is considered for a few Actions: Antiseptic, Astringent, and Carminative, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic, and has a hot Taste, the fruit and the leaf is used in medicinal.
They sue the ripe fruit as a decongestant for the common cold, when there is a large congestion of the lungs, helps with Tuberculosis and typhoid fever. Even give if there are disorders of the bowel, or intestines that include diarrhea, constipation, and dysentery.
Has a very pleasing stimulating property for exhaustion and for those convalescing from chronic diseases, or from injury.
The unripe Bael fruit is considered an astringent, used as antidiarrheal and a daily tonic, from the fresh leafs we gather the juice that is used to assist in respiratory infections.
The leafs can also be used Topical application by placing them on the infected skin after bruising with some water to make a paste, pound with the pestal and mortar.