Summary and Conclusion
Streblus asper is a well-known plant used in the Indian System
of Medicine. In Ayurveda, the use of S. asper stem bark
is recommended against elephantiasis for which there is no
220 Streblus asper Lour. (Shakhotaka)
effective cure in the modern system of medicine. Besides this,
folklore medicine also claims its use in cancer, ulcer, diarrhea,
dysentery, toothache, etc. Research carried out using different
in vitro and in vivo techniques of biological evaluation support
most of these claims.