ACACIA NILOTICA, A Plant with Multi-Purpose Medicinal Uses

Hello, I wanted to share some information on this plant...fairly unknown but possesses many properties to help heal a long list of ailments.

Some research has been conducted and more investigations are taking place in order to determine its capacities as well as how its active ingredients operate.

I have used this plant my whole life and it has proven very effective in healing stomachache, toothache, mouth lesions and bad breath for me.
Those other properties of the plant were unknown to me and I only found those out after doing some research online (from reliable sources)

So do your own research and investigation as well.

HEALING PROPERTIES OF ACACIA NILOTICA also known as Vachellia nilotica

_ Anti-Microbial
_ Anti-Viral
_ Anti-Plasmodial
_ Anti-Inflammatory
_ Anti-Oxidant
_ Anti-Fungal
_ Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
_ Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus
_ Cancer Treatment
_ Venerial Diseases
_ Nausea
_ Skin Burns and Wounds
_ Sore Throat
_ Bad Breath
_ Tooth Ache
_ Cough
_ Chest Pain and Pneumonia
_ Respiratory Infections
_ Asthma
_ Dysentery
_ Malaria
_ Pile
_ Stomachache
_ Stomach Ulcers
_ Tumors
_ Diabetes
_ Mouth cuts, infections or wounds
_ Mouth ailments in general
_ Painful Joints
_ Anti-Mutagenic
_ Aphrodisiac
_ Alzheimer's Disease

SEXUAL DISORDERS IN WOMEN
_ Tightening of Vagina
_ Healing of Vagina infections or VD
_ Healing of white discharge from Vagina
_ Healing of irritation due to Gonorrhea and Leucorrhoea
_ Healing of Pelvic Prolapse
_ Healing of Genital Lesions

SEXUAL DISORDERS IN MEN
_ Spermatorrhoea
_ Loss of viscidity of sperm
_ Premature ejaculation
_ Relieve irritation in acute gonorrhea and leucorrhoea
_ Erectile Dysfunction

COMPONENTS OF ACACIA NILOTICA: alkaloids, volatile essential oils,
phenols and phenolic glycosides, resins, oleosins, steroids,
tannins and terpenes


SOURCES:

        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256354/  
National Center for Biotechnology Information
U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDECINE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH

        https://www.jstor.org/stable/42609405
The underexploited medicinal potential of Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
(Meliaceae) and Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del. (Leguminosae) in
sub-Saharan Africa: a case for a review of priorities
GERARD BODEKER, GEMMA BURFORD, JOANNE CHAMBERLAIN, J.R. CHAMBERLAIN and K K S BHAT

        https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29203273/
The traditional use of Vachellia nilotica for sexually transmitted diseases
is substantiated by the antiviral activity of its bark extract against sexually
transmitted viruses
Manuela Donalisio 1, Valeria Cagno 1, Andrea Civra 1, Davide Gibellini 2,
Giuseppina Musumeci 3, Massimo Rittà 1, Manik Ghosh 4, David Lembo 5

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275429602_Acacia_nilotica_A_plant_of_multipurpose_medicinal_uses
Acacia nilotica: A plant of multipurpose medicinal uses
March 2012Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 6(9)
DOI:10.5897/JMPR11.1275
Authors:Atif Ali

Thanks for the interesting post!  We are herbalists and always interested in medicinal uses of plants.
Acacia nilotica isn't well suited to my cold temperate climate.  But just like most of the medicinals it seems to have achieved weed status where it does grow well.  I wonder, do you know, if the powdered acacia fiber that is available commercially is from this?  

Hello Cris,

No because there are several species of acacia and they all differ.
Unless the description specifically mentions acacia nilotica then it is not the right product.
Also, different parts of the treee play different roles (bark, root, seeds and pods all have specific properties) so you have to make sure to get the right powder as well.
There are several research papers that break down which part of the tree does what.