The plant parts used medicinally are usually sprigs with both leaves and flowers, or alternatively the fruit.
Leaves, bark and the oil extracted from the seed are used medicinally against baldness, ringworm, nosebleeds, chest complaints, eye infections, and venereal disease.
The styrax gum is also used medicinally to treat coughs, wounds, and dysentery.
It is also used medicinally by traditional healers to treat uterine fibroids and hot flashes.
It is a chemical agent used medicinally as a saline laxative and to completely empty the bowel prior to a major surgery or colonoscopy.
Those who use methylphenidate medicinally generally take it orally, while intranasal and intravenous are the preferred means for recreational use.
Many species produce an aromatic resin from wounds in the trunk; this is sometimes used medicinally.
It has been used medicinally for a wide variety of ailments, and its aroma makes calamus essential oil valued in the perfume industry.
