Two ounces of fresh leaves thrown in one pint of boiling water and then cooled will yield a preparation that is bitter but nourishing. Drinking this has a marked effect on liver functioning; the faecal colour will then become normal and deep yellow. Such an extract is useful in chronic malarial fever though not so good as neem oil. Its another significant use is in dressing and curing chronic and old wounds of a syphilitic patient.