Overview

Mahua belongs to the family called Sapotaceae and well known for its sweet flowers which possess a lot of ethnic values. Women eat Mahua Phool during breastfeeding as a nutritive food. The benefits of Mahua Phool are stimulant, demulcent, laxative, anthelmintic, and cough relieving. The Phool Mahua has a sweet smell; the taste is fresh, fruity, and heady. “It’s one of the best drinks.

Mahua has fleshy flowers. We can eat them fresh, dried, powdered. It can be cooked, as a sweetener, or fermented to make medicines. The dried flower is very popular in rural India. Mahua Phool helps to remove intestinal worms, respiratory infections, and cases of debility and emaciation. It’s bark is using for dental-related problems, rheumatism, and diabetes.

Benefits of Mahua Phool

Mahua Phool is using as a sweetener in many dishes like halwa, Meethi puri, and barfi. Due to the presence of a high amount of sugar.

In Ayurveda, Phool Mahua is considered to be a cooling agent, carminative, galactagogue, and astringent. It is recommended beneficial for the heart, skin, and eyes. Mahua flowers are used traditionally as a remedy for many diseases by tribal people.

Good For Hair

Its oil may be helpful and great for hair which promotes hair growth. To get the best results, add a few drops of rosemary oil in a few drops of Mahua oil and apply it on your scalp while massaging it well.

Good for Diabetes

Study shows that regular Phool Mahua drinks among the Santhal tribe do improve diabetic and lipid profile, except for triglyceride.

Good for Liver

As a hepatoprotective agent, it reinforces the walls of the liver, preventing the release of harmful chemicals like Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase.

Common Names

Madkam, Mahuwa, Butter Tree, Mahua, Mahwa, Mohulo, Iluppai, Mahua Phool, Mahua flower, Phool mahua,  Vippa chettu, Mahua ke Phool, Mahua ka Phool

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