Based on Traditional Herbal Medicine, cape jasmine fruit can be used to:

1. clears heat and resolves dampness.
2. cools the blood.
3. relieves toxicity (stops bleeding by astringing).
4. reduces swelling.
5. stops the pain
6. invigorates the blood.

Some indications that can be treated by this herb with specific dosage and formulation are insomnia, eye problems, jaundice, painful urinary dysfunction, sores in the mouth or facial region, and blood stagnation due to trauma (topical).

The pharmacological effect of Cape Jasmine Fruit is analgesic and sedative, antihypertensive, hepatoprotective, CNS suppressant, antibiotic, and cholagogic.