The rose apple bark decoction is made from an astringent found in folklore medicine found in Malaysia for treating thrush. Its fruit is served as a salad at the childbirth ceremony and is used as a tonic for treating the liver and brain. Its flowers can be used for treating fever. It can be prepared by using a sweeter prepared from flowers. The leaf decoction acts as a diuretic and expectorant for treating rheumatism and to treat sore eyes. The health conditions like dysentery and diarrhea can be treated with the use of rose apple seeds. In fact, people from Nicaragua make use of roasted and powdered seed infusions for treating diabetes. While the Columbian people use seeds that possess pain-killing properties. The roots of the rose apples are used by the Cuban people for treating epilepsy.