LIPPIA NODIFLORA
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Poduthuvalai ; Poduthalai
English: Telugu: Bokkena Malayalam: Katu-tippali Kannada: Nela-hippali Marathi: Vekkan ; Ratalio Hindi: Bakkan ; Bhuiokra Sanskrit: Vashira ; Vasaka |
description & usage
Growing in moist land found mostly in the Southern parts of India. Leaves are serrate in nature.
Uses:
Diarrhoea, dysuria, Gonorrhoea, bleeding piles.
How to Use:
Leaves and young shoots are very bitter and astringent ; they are given to children in diarrhoea ,dysuria and indigestion in the form of infusion or decoction in doses of 1 to 2 ounces twice a day ; also given in lithiasis and to women after the lying-in-state. A fumigation by the compression of the plant between two red-hot bricks gives relief in inflamed and bleeding piles. A paste or pouoltice of the plant is applied to promote suppuration in boils, to swollen cervical glands and to erysipelas, and to chronic indolent ulcers.
Parts Used:
Leaves, fruit
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Demulcent, diuretic, astringent
Uses:
Diarrhoea, dysuria, Gonorrhoea, bleeding piles.
How to Use:
Leaves and young shoots are very bitter and astringent ; they are given to children in diarrhoea ,dysuria and indigestion in the form of infusion or decoction in doses of 1 to 2 ounces twice a day ; also given in lithiasis and to women after the lying-in-state. A fumigation by the compression of the plant between two red-hot bricks gives relief in inflamed and bleeding piles. A paste or pouoltice of the plant is applied to promote suppuration in boils, to swollen cervical glands and to erysipelas, and to chronic indolent ulcers.
Parts Used:
Leaves, fruit
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Demulcent, diuretic, astringent
