SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA
description & usage
Weeds very common in India and Ceylon .This is a herb having yellow color flowers. Leaves are serrat, cordate at the tip.
Uses:
Piles, gonorrhoea, anti-soud, promote flow of urine, induce sexual desire.
How to Use:
Root of these weeds, is held in great repute in treatment of rheumatism. Stems abound in mucilage and are employed as demulcents and emollients both for external and internal use; useful in calculous troubles and as a febrifuge with pepper. Mucilage is used also by chemists in oxidizing mercury, and also in scorbion-sting.
Parts Used:
Roots
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Demulcent, emollients, febrifuge
Uses:
Piles, gonorrhoea, anti-soud, promote flow of urine, induce sexual desire.
How to Use:
Root of these weeds, is held in great repute in treatment of rheumatism. Stems abound in mucilage and are employed as demulcents and emollients both for external and internal use; useful in calculous troubles and as a febrifuge with pepper. Mucilage is used also by chemists in oxidizing mercury, and also in scorbion-sting.
Parts Used:
Roots
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Demulcent, emollients, febrifuge