Medicinal Plants and Jainism: Tirthankar Abhinandannatha

Tirthankar Abhinandannatha
Tree: Chir Pine
Botanical Name: Pinus roxburghii
Family: Pinaceae

Evergreen trees. Branches whorled generally horizontal. Resinstimulant, used internally as stomachic and as a remedy for gonorrhea, externally as a plaster applied to buboes and abscesses for suppuration. Wood and oleoresin used in snakebite and scorpion sting.