SPERMACOCE HISPIDA
description & usage
It is found throughout India. The leaves are alternate the flowers are borne on the leaf axil.
Uses:
Seeds as confection are cooling, demulcent and given in diarrhoea and dysentery.
How to Use:
Decoction of the root (1 in 10) is alterative and used like sarsaparilla. Seeds have been recommended as a substitute for coffee. The dose of the confection of seeds is 1/2 to 1 drachm and of the decoction of the root is 1 to 2 ounces.
Parts Used:
Roots, seeds
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Alterative, tonic, cooling, demulcent
Uses:
Seeds as confection are cooling, demulcent and given in diarrhoea and dysentery.
How to Use:
Decoction of the root (1 in 10) is alterative and used like sarsaparilla. Seeds have been recommended as a substitute for coffee. The dose of the confection of seeds is 1/2 to 1 drachm and of the decoction of the root is 1 to 2 ounces.
Parts Used:
Roots, seeds
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Alterative, tonic, cooling, demulcent