Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Cluster fig (Ficus racemosa), of the Moraceae family. Large spreading deciduous fig with fruit borne in clusters on the trunk and old wood; native range: moist ground and streamsides throughout the Indian subcontinent and Australia. Globally recognized as udumbara in Sanskrit, gular, umar in Hindi, and cluster fig, gular fig, Indian fig tree in English. The part used is bark, fruit, latex. Reddish-grey astringent bark and milky latex; the ripe figs sweetish and mucilaginous, cooling to taste.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
CLUSTER FIG
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- cluster fig
- Scientific name
- Ficus racemosa L.
- Family
- Moraceae
Form
- Part used
- bark, fruit, latex
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- astringent · sweet (kashaya, madhura)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- cooling (shita virya)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- cools and binds, checks bleeding and diarrhoea, heals ulcers and wounds, quiets excess thirst and burning, restrains sugary urine
Cautions
- Contraindications
- cooling and binding; use cautiously in cold, constipated and high-vata states
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