Whole plant: Decoction with honey as a cough medicine. Infusion for dysentery and as a blood purifier (bitter tonic) to reduce blood sugar level.

Stem and Leaf: Aerial parts in a bitter infusion for a febrifuge, diuretic, stomachic and cholagogue; quinine substitute. Used by mothers after childbirth for painful womb; colic.

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Origin: Native to Mexico and South America.

Pharmacological Activities: Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antidiarrhoeal, Antifertility, Antifungal, Anti-inflammatory, Antineoplastic, Antioxidant, Antiplasmodial, Antiviral, Diuretics, Hepatoprotective, Hypoglycaemic, Inhibition of gastric lesion, Antimutagenic, Insecticidal and Radioprotective
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Origin

Throughout the hotter parts of India, particularly on cultivated land, up to 1,000 m.

Action:

Plant—diuretic, deobstruent, astringent, anti-inflammatory, styptic. Used as a single drug in the treatment of jaundice. Used in prescriptions for dyspepsia, indigestion, chronic dysentery, urinary tract diseases, diabetes, skin eruptions.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

whole plants

Medicinal uses

jaundice,insomnia,antimicrobials

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