CLITORIA TERNATEA
Source: Wikipedia
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Kodi-kakkanam ; Kavachhi
English: Butterfly-pea Telugu: Dintana ; Gilarnika Malayalam: Aral ; Shankapuspam Kannada: Shankapushpa Marathi: Gokurna-mula Hindi: Nill-koyala Sanskrit: Ashphota ; Gokarna |
description & usage
Clitoria is a climbing herb with slender stems. The flowers are deep blue or white.
Uses :
Fever, earache, abdominal pain.
How to Use:
The leaf juice with green ginger is applied over body to check fever. The warm leaf juice along with salt is given for swollen glands around the ear in case of earache. The roasted seeds are made into a powder is given for abdominal pain particularly to the children.
Parts Used:
Leaf, seed, root
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Cathartic, diuretic, demulcent
Uses :
Fever, earache, abdominal pain.
How to Use:
The leaf juice with green ginger is applied over body to check fever. The warm leaf juice along with salt is given for swollen glands around the ear in case of earache. The roasted seeds are made into a powder is given for abdominal pain particularly to the children.
Parts Used:
Leaf, seed, root
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Cathartic, diuretic, demulcent
