Traditionally, people drank a water decoction of the plant. People believe that this herb can be used as an anticoagulant for complications during childbirth, treatment for dysentery, aphrodisiac, antimalarial, antibacterial, anticancer, antihyperglycemic, diarrhea, fever, hypertension, relief of pain in the bone, and its pounded bark has been used to treat wounds, syphilitic sores, and headache.
The bark is useful as blood coagulant after childbirth while the leaves are found to be effective in relieving stomach ache.
Research published in (Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2019; 2019: 7543460) study in rats suggested that the aphrodisiac effects of E. longifolia may be due to the elevation of testosterone levels and enhancement of dopamine in the brain.
Tongkat Ali drinks (Eurycoma longifolia)
