is it used as a medicine?
In Malasia, leaf juice is applied on the head of a fever patient.  The Javanese believe durian to have aphrodisiac qualities,  traditional Chinese medicine, consider the durian fruit to have warming properties liable to cause excessive sweating.
Durian
n Malaysia, a decoction of the leaves and roots used to be prescribed as an antipyretic. The leaf juice is applied on the head of a fever patient. The most complete description of the medicinal use of the durian as remedies for fevers is a Malay prescription, collected by Burkill and Haniff in 1930. It instructs the reader to boil the roots of "Hibiscus rosa-sinensis" with the roots of "Durio zibethinus", "Nephelium longan", "Nephelium mutabile" and "Artocarpus integrifolia", and drink the decoction or use it as a poultice.

Southeast Asian traditional beliefs, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, consider the durian fruit to have warming properties liable to cause excessive sweating. The traditional method to counteract this is to pour water into the empty shell of the fruit after the pulp has been consumed and drink it. An alternative method is to eat the durian in accompaniment with mangosteen, which is considered to have cooling properties. Pregnant women or people with high bl
what is durian? It is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus "Durio". from where did it get the name? It is derived from the Malay language
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Durian [SEP] Folk medicine
In Malaysia, a decoction of the leaves and roots used to be prescribed as an antipyretic. The leaf juice is applied on the head of a fever patient. The most complete description of the medicinal use of the durian as remedies for fevers is a Malay prescription, collected by Burkill and Haniff in 1930. It instructs the reader to boil the roots of "Hibiscus rosa-sinensis" with the roots of "Durio zibethinus", "Nephelium longan", "Nephelium mutabile" and "Artocarpus integrifolia", and drink the decoction or use it as a poultice. Southeast Asian traditional beliefs, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, consider the durian fruit to have warming properties liable to cause excessive sweating.