Benefit
- Root—prescribed for cough, chills andfevers.
- Leaves—antiseptic,
used for urinary discharges and
genitourinary infections. - The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends a decoction of whole
plant in alcoholism, insanity, psychosis; cough, bronchitis, dyspnoea; diseases due to vitiated blood; gout; bleeding piles; blood dysentery, acute diarrhoea. - The plant is credited with fracturehealing properties.
- Its total extract
exhibits better and quicker healing of
fractures in experimental animals due
to early accumulation of phosphorus
and more deposition of calcium.
Forms Available
- Aqueous Dry Powder Extract,
- Granules,
- Liquid Extract,
- Distillate,
- Raw Herb Powder,
- Medicated Oil (Sesame/Coconut Oil Base),
- Thick Paste.