Origin: Native to tropical and temperate Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe.

Pharmacological Activities: Antianxiety, Antiarrhythmic, Antibacterial, Anticonvulsant, Antidiarrhoeal, Anti-inflammatory, Hepatoprotective, Antioxidant, Antiplatelet, Antiproliferative, Antipyretic, Antiviral, Hypoglycaemic, Hypolipidaemic, Immunomodulatory and Insecticidal

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Origin

Throughout warmer parts of India, up to 1,800 m.

Action:

Filament—astringent and haemostatic. Prescribed for bleeding piles and menorrhagia.

Flowers—a decoction is given in cholera, fever, strangury, palpitation of heart.

Rhizomes—given in piles, chronic dyspepsia and dysentery; applied externally to vcutaneous eruptions, scabies and ringworm.

Rhizome-arrowroot— given to children in diarrhoea and dysentery.

Root—astringent, diuretic, antiemetic, cooling. Used for dysentery, dyspepsia, piles, skin affections and for its anticoagulant properties.

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Root, flower, seed
Ailments
Skin eruption, leprosy, skin glow

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3) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 30