Table 5.

Traditional medicinal uses of Anacardium plants related to bacterial and fungal infection.

Species	Applications	Part of teh plant	Preparations	Method	Location	Reference
A. occidentale	Dysentery and stomach ache	Bark	Infusion and soak in water	Oral use	Brazil	(168)
	Aphtha	NI	NI	NI	Brazil	(169)
	Infectious processes	Bark	Maceration	Oral use	Brazil	(170)
	Rheumatism	Bark, leaves	Sauce, decoction	NI	Brazil	(171)
	Skin infection, dysentery, diarrhea, thrush	Leaves, root, bark	Infusion	NI	Nigeia	(172)
	Stomach ulcer	Bark	Decoction	Oral	Cuba	(37)
	Stomach ulcer, wounds.	Leaves	NI	NI	Madagascar	(173)
	Asthma	Fruit	Raw	Oral	India	(174)
	Wound	Root, seeds, fruit	NI	NI	India	(175)
	Oral syphilis	Unripe fruits	Decoction	Mouth rinse	Cameron	(176)
	Stomach ache	Bark	Maceration	Oral	Nigeria	(177)
Anacardium sp	Diarrhea, skin wounds	NI	NI	NI	Brazil	(178)