Traditional medicinal uses of different Anacardium plant parts. Asthma. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiasthmatic, and antidiabetic agent; for gastrointestinal diseases, including diarrhea, warts, coughs, and wounds.

For its allergic reactions like rash, itching and swelling, the antidotes used externally are coconut oil, rala ointment, ghee, coriander leaves pulp or butter mixed with musta (Cyperus rotundus).

- Cashew or Anacardium occidentale is having an outer shell which is not edible. The main part which is preferred for eating is the seed.

Marking nut (Semecarpus anacardium), so-called because it contains a pigment that has been used in the past to mark fabrics, is a known cause of contact hypersensitivity. It may be ingested as an ingredient of some traditional Hindi foods, and is related to cashew.