Uses: stomach, kidneys.
Origin: Argentina, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethipia, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Japan, Laos, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Phillipines, Soutth Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname Thailand, Turkey, United States.
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Root: Infusion for a vermifuge.
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Origin: Native to tropical and temperate Asia.
Pharmacological Activities: Anti-inflammatory, Anticancer/Antineoplastic, Antioxidant, Hypoglycaemic, Hypolipidaemic and Hypotensive
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Range. Southeast Asia. In Myanmar found in Kachin and Yangon.
Uses
Seed: Used to reduce body weight and as a diuretic.
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Root: Infusion for a vermifuge.
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Origin:
Warm and damp areas upto about 2,000 m. both wild and cultivated as an annual grass.
Action:
Fruits—a decoction is used for catarrhal affections of the air passage and inflammation of the urinary tract.
Seed—diuretic.
Root—used in menstrual disorders.
Leaves—used as a drink for inducing fertility in women.
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3) A guide to medicinal plants / Hwee Ling, Koh; Tung Kian, Chua; Chay Hoon, Tan. Singapore: World vScientific Public Co. Pte. Ltd., 2009. p 289 p.
4) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314, 2018.
5) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.