LEUCAS ASPERA
Source: Wikipedia
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Tumbai-cheddi
English: Leucas Telugu: Tammachettu Malayalam: Thumbe gida Kannada: Marathi: Chota-Kalkusha Hindi: Chota-Kalkusha Sanskrit: Thumba |
description & usage
Leucas is a small, hairy, annual herb usually found in open field and barren lands. The leaves are hairy with tapering base. Flowers are white .sessile and found mostly on the terminal end of the plant.
Uses:
Used as insecticide, and in cold, scabies and snake-bite, laxative, anthelmintic, jaundice, asthma, indigestion, paralysis, fever, cough and cold.
How to Use:
Decoction of the cleaned plant is used for laxative, anthelmintic, energy producing, bronchitis, jaundice, asthma, indigestion and paralysis. The infusion of the leaves is used for fever.The flowers are used for cough and cold in the form of syrup.
Parts Used:
Aerial part
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Expectorant, stimulant, emmenagogue
Uses:
Used as insecticide, and in cold, scabies and snake-bite, laxative, anthelmintic, jaundice, asthma, indigestion, paralysis, fever, cough and cold.
How to Use:
Decoction of the cleaned plant is used for laxative, anthelmintic, energy producing, bronchitis, jaundice, asthma, indigestion and paralysis. The infusion of the leaves is used for fever.The flowers are used for cough and cold in the form of syrup.
Parts Used:
Aerial part
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Expectorant, stimulant, emmenagogue
